GoKawiilCommerce Dept drafts rule to block China's remote access to AI servers via Thailand, Singapore
According to The Information, the Trump administration is preparing a new export control aimed at closing a loophole that lets Chinese firms tap advanced AI compute through remote servers hosted in Thailand and Singapore, countries not currently bound by China-specific chip restrictions. The Commerce Department could circulate the draft rule to industry groups for feedback as early as September.
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This move signals the administration is trying to patch gaps left after it scrapped the Biden-era AI Diffusion Rule earlier in 2025, a reversal that itself followed industry pushback against tiered chip-export licensing. With Taiwan simultaneously cracking down on smuggling of Nvidia chips and Supermicro servers to China, the proposed rule reflects growing concern that Chinese AI labs like Moonshot are finding workarounds to reach cutting-edge compute despite existing controls.
- A new draft export rule would restrict Chinese remote access to AI servers routed through Thailand and Singapore.
- The rule could be shared with industry trade groups for feedback as soon as September 2025.
- The proposal follows the reversal of Biden's AI Diffusion Rule and parallel Taiwanese crackdowns on chip and server smuggling to China.
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