Trump officials intend to impose curbs on countries that have diverted chips to China, including Malaysia and Thailand, one of the people said. In the meantime, the Commerce Department will continue to strictly enforce existing chip export rules, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans are not yet public.

The Trump administration plans to rescind some Biden-era AI chip curbs as part of a broader effort to revise global semiconductor trade restrictions that have drawn strong opposition from major tech companies and foreign governments.

President Donald Trump has rescinded a set of Biden-era curbs meant to keep advanced technology out of the hands of foreign adversaries but that has been panned by tech giants.