Chipmakers Squeezed as Trump Ratchets Up China Trade Pressure

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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U.S. semiconductor companies Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices will contend with new export restrictions on specialized chips for China and other nations. WSJ reporter Asa Fitch explains how that will hit the companies’ future earnings. Then, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tried many avenues to prevent the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case from going to trial. WSJ reporter Rebecca Ballhaus has an exclusive look at some of those efforts. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.2	From controls on imports to limits on exports, the Trump administration is cracking down on
1:18.4	American chipmakers who want to send their U.S.-made tech to China. Then Facebook parent company
1:24.7	Meta is on trial with regulators saying it's got a monopoly over
1:28.4	social media. We have the inside scoop about the conversations CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had to try
1:34.8	stave off the public fight. But first, the U.S. government is making it even harder for American
1:41.7	chipmakers to do business with China. The administration has already opened an investigation into semiconductors,
1:48.0	which it says will likely result in new tariffs on chip imports.
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