TRUMP OPENS AI CHIP FLOODGATES TO MIDDLE EAST AFTER REVERSING BIDEN-ERA RESTRICTIONS

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President Trump's Middle East trip has yielded massive AI deals, including Nvidia shipping 18,000 Blackwell chips to Saudi Arabia and plans for the largest non-US AI data center in Abu Dhabi. Critics warn these partnerships could enable China to access restricted US AI technology through its extensive economic ties with Gulf states prompting new bipartisan legislation to prevent such transfers.