Six U.S. senators drafted legislation barring the sale of artificial intelligence chips to China in a bid to codify President Donald Trump's order to limit such exports.
The legislation, known as the Secure and Feasible Exports Act, will order the Commerce Department to deny export license applications to what it deems adversary countries for at least 30 months.
The bill deems China, including Hong Kong and Macau, Russia, North Korea, and Iran as adversary countries, according to a Thursday press release by Senator Pete Ricketts.
Any processors more powerful than those currently approved for export to the above-mentioned countries are subject to the legislation, according to the press release.
The legislation came after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met behind closed doors with the Senate Banking Committee's Republican members and also President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported separately.
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