For Trump, It's a New Era of Deal-Making With Tech's Most-Coveted Commodity

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Technology companies have been hopeful that Trump officials will be more open to encouraging A.I. business abroad.
54% : Ana Swanson reported from Washington, and Tripp Mickle from San Francisco As President Trump tours the Middle East this week, governments that are flush with oil wealth will be focused on a different treasure, found in America's Silicon Valley.
52% : And as Trump officials carry out trade talks around the world, governments like India and Israel have discussed their desire for more access to American A.I. chips, people familiar with the discussions say.
48% : " In a post on X, David Sacks, the White House A.I. czar, said the Biden rule had strained relationships with allies and "effectively turned Washington into a central planner for the global A.I. industry" that would have pushed the world toward using non-American technologies.
43% : Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary who is in charge of trade and technology controls, has floated the idea of linking countries' access to A.I. chips with trade negotiations, according to a person familiar with his proposals.
41% : But in a meeting at the White House in late April, Trump officials raised questions about the new proposal, according to two people familiar with the events.
32% : Trump officials have been drafting their own rules to replace the Biden ones.
32% : According to more than six people familiar with the discussions, Trump officials proposed a system that would scrap the various country groups the Biden administration had set up, and instead allow foreign governments to negotiate directly with the Trump administration on how many chips they could have.
31% : Trump officials seemed to agree with that argument.

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