Apple is lobbying the Trump administration for clearance to buy memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a Chinese company the ‌Pentagon has ⁠put ⁠on a blacklist, the Financial Times reported on Friday.The iPhone maker ​has lobbied the White House for approval aimed at easing financial pressure ​on the company from rising memory chip prices, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources.The White House, Apple and ​CXMT did not respond to requests for ⁠comment from ‌Reuters outside business hours.Also Read: Apple's latest price hike hits India hardest as MacBooks, iPads get up to 70% costlierThe lobbying push ​underscores the ​bind facing major U.S. technology companies as ⁠soaring memory chip costs collide with Washington's national security ​restrictions on Chinese chipmakers.Apple approached the Commerce ​Department more than a month ago and also engaged other administration officials and allies in Washington, one person told the FT.CXMT, China's top memory chipmaker, was designated as a Chinese military company by the Defense Department under ‌the Biden administration. The company, among others, was approved by an interagency committee last year for ​addition to ​the Commerce Department's ⁠Entity List.U.S. companies cannot ship goods, software and technology to companies on the list without a license, which is likely ​to be denied.Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry's data center buildout.