US Says Export Controls to Keep Huawei AI Output Limited in 2025

A senior Trump administration official said that Huawei Technologies Co.’s ability to produce AI semiconductors will be very limited this year, responding to US lawmakers’ concerns that China is gaining ground in production of advanced semiconductors.

The Chinese technology giant will be able to make just 200,000 of its Ascend AI chips in 2025, Commerce Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler said Thursday at a Congressional hearing. Most of those Huawei semiconductors would be delivered within China, he added.

“It’s critical for us not to have a false sense of security, to understand that China is catching up quickly, but that ...