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Comment by Julian Gewirtz
Senior Research Scholar at Columbia SIPA; former Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the White House NSC; China policy expert and historian
President Trump's reversal of a ban on sales of advanced semiconductors to China undercut the strategic logic behind years of American policy that was meant to keep the US ahead in the race to develop AI systems.
AI Verified
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(2026)
19d ago
Policy proposals and claims
Verification History
AI Verified
Verified via web search. NYRB blocks WebFetch (403), but search confirms the article 'When the Chips Are Down' by Julian Gewirtz exists in The New York Review of Books (Feb 26, 2026) and contains the substance of the quote: that Trump's reversal of the ban on advanced semiconductor sales to China undercut years of US policy strategy on the AI race. Author attribution is correct - Gewirtz is at Columbia SIPA and a former NSC China/Taiwan director. Vote 'for' on 'Democracies should coordinate export controls on AI chips to China' aligns: Gewirtz criticizes the rollback of US chip export controls as undercutting AI leadership, which is consistent with supporting coordinated democratic chip export controls. Year 2026 is current.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 7d ago
replying to Julian Gewirtz