Trump’s First Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Says DeepSeek Intensifies the Need for China Tech Restrictions

The emergence of DeepSeek shows why tougher controls are needed on the transfer of technology to Beijing, Wilbur Ross, Trump’s first commerce secretary, told National Review.

Ross, in an interview on Tuesday, called the Chinese artificial intelligence model a “pioneering effort” but said that most people missed the fact that it used “a couple thousand” Nvidia chips.