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Microsoft plans to persuade US President Donald Trump to reconsider restrictions on exporting advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips. The company argues that these curbs disadvantage US allies and friends-such as India, Switzerland, Poland, Greenland, Portugal and Israel-by limiting their access semiconductors essential for training Al models in data centers. In a blog post published Thursday, February 27, Microsoft emphasized that these rules not only hinder allies but also restrict U.S. tech companies from building and expanding Al data centers in these countries. "Left unchanged, the Biden rule will give China a strategic advantage in spreading over time its own Al technology, echoing its rapid ascent in 5G telecommunications a decade ago," the company said. This comes as the Trump administration is reportedly planning to toughen Al chip restrictions on China. Currently, under a tier-based system, both China and US allies and friends like India, Israel, and Switzerland face restrictions on receiving the most advanced chips. Microsoft President Brad Smith noted in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that China is using this situation to position itself as a more reliable long-term partner for these nations. The tightening of U.S. export controls on advanced Al chips to China has impeded American chipmakers and technology giants from accessing one of the largest semiconductor markets, intensifying the global competition for Al infrastructure supremacy. Nvidia, a leading company whose Al chips power applications like OpenAl's ChatGPT, has been significantly affected by these restrictions. In the final days of the Joe Biden administration, the U.S. government announced plans to further limit Al chip and technology exports, While Chinese telecommunications equipment makers like Huawei have struggled to match Nvidia in producing top-tier chips, startups such as DeepSeek are emerging with cost-effective models that could capitalize on the current situat