Apple seeks White House clearance to buy Chinese memory chips amid price hikes
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Apple is lobbying the Trump administration for clearance to purchase memory chips from CXMT, a Chinese company on the Pentagon’s blacklist, to ease supply shortages and counter rising prices that led Apple to raise prices on Macs and iPads; while licensing could allow purchases, the 1260H blacklist complicates deals, and Tim Cook has indicated openness to Chinese suppliers if allowed.
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