Trump’s chip deal: has a new ‘pay-to-play’ era in China trade begun?
- Posted on August 14, 2025
- By South China Morning Post
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Trump’s chip deal: has a new ‘pay-to-play’ era in China trade begun?

The US’ ‘unprecedented’ move to take a 15 per cent cut of some chip sales to China creates new risks and conflicts of interest, analysts warn.