Apple asked the Trump administration in June 2026 for permission to buy DRAM from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a Chinese state-affiliated manufacturer, for Mac computers. The Wall Street Journal reported on 24 July that Micron chief executive Sanjay Mehrotra met Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to urge rejection. ChangXin sits outside the US Entity List, so no export licence applies; it carries a Defence Department Section 1260H listing and falls under a federal purchasing ban starting 23 Dece...

The Wall Street Journal reports that Micron is pressing the Trump administration to block Apple’s push to use memory chips from Chinese suppliers.

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