Apple urges US government to permit work with blacklisted Chinese company

 Apple is reportedly lobbying the White House to allow it to purchase memory chips from a Chinese company, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), which is on a Pentagon blacklist. This move comes as soaring chip costs pressure Apple, despite concerns from US lawmakers about aiding Chinese technological advancement. The tech giant faces a dilemma between financial relief and national security restrictions. Apple is reportedly lobbying the White House to allow it to purchase memory chips from a Chinese company, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), which is on a Pentagon blacklist. This move comes as soaring chip costs pressure Apple, despite concerns from US lawmakers about aiding Chinese technological advancement. The tech giant faces a dilemma between financial relief and national security restrictions.