Paul Triolo

1 month ago | thewirechina.com | Paul Triolo |Ella Apostoaie

The Trump administration’s technology and national security team, alongside officials at the Commerce Department, are grappling with a set of complex export controls and rules bequeathed to them by the Biden administration that were designed to limit China’s technology ambitions. Elements of these rules have already come under heavy criticism from industry, while new issues, such as the emergence of a leading Chinese AI player in DeepSeek, are creating additional challenges.

Dec 22, 2024 | thewirechina.com | Paul Triolo

On its way out of the door, the Biden administration has thrown what one official has characterized as a “grenade over your shoulder as you exit the room.” The long-awaited export controls it released on December 2 are a major escalation in the ongoing U.S.-China technology competition, and in the U.S. government’s attempt to slow down China’s efforts to develop an indigenous capability to manufacture advanced semiconductor nodes.

Nov 20, 2024 | americanaffairsjournal.org | Paul Triolo

Since I last wrote about China’s responses to U.S. export controls in these pages, in February 2024, much has changed, both in terms of U.S. export control measures and the situation on the ground in China. The relative strength of China’s domestic semiconductor industry has also received substantially more media attention.

Oct 4, 2024 | brookings.edu | Joshua P. Meltzer |Paul Triolo

Considerable progress has been made on international governance of artificial intelligence (AI). This includes work under the G7 Hiroshima Process, at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), international standards bodies, and in various U.N. bodies. Meanwhile, bilateral engagement on AI, including the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council, is in a holding pattern pending the outcome of the U.S. presidential elections.

Sep 29, 2024 | thewirechina.com | Paul Triolo |Ella Apostoaie

A worker produces semiconductor products in Binzhou, China, June 2024. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via AP Export controls on China have reached a point of no return. A new and expansive package due this month or early next from the U.S. will mean that the semiconductor manufacturing sectors of the two countries are set firmly on a path towards complete decoupling.