China's Xi calls for step up of global effort in AI, as US curbs squeeze China's tech access
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for increased international cooperation on AI development, as U.S.-led export restrictions continue to limit China's access to advanced semiconductors and related technologies. The restrictions have accelerated China's push to develop domestic alternatives, deepening the technology competition between the two countries.
Why this matters: Two governments are now actively shaping who gets to build advanced AI and on what terms. U.S. export controls were designed to slow China down. They may also be pushing China to build supply chains and standards the West has no hand in. That matters to everyone outside those two countries, because the rules of global AI — what gets built, how it is governed, whose values shape it — are being set right now, partly through trade policy.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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