Trump's AI Chip Export Push Stymied by Bureaucratic Bottleneck
April 10, 2026
"A lot of BIS’s dysfunction seems to come from administration leadership’s baseless distrust and marginalization of career staff, despite the fact that deep technical expertise is essential to successfully develop and implement effective export control regulations,” said Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, a California Democrat and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has jurisdiction over US export control programs.