Tech companies with a combined market valuation of more than $8 trillion are urging the Trump administration to rethink chip export restrictions that they fear will push US allies into the arms of Chinese competitors.

The tech giant said rules disadvantaged allies, including India, Switzerland and Israel, and limited the ability of U.S. tech companies to expand.

Microsoft urged the Trump administration to change Biden-era limits on chip exports, warning that provisions of the regulations could give China an advantage in the global AI race if allowed to remain in effect.

Microsoft urged President Donald Trump to change U.S. policy about restricting exports of the most advanced artificial-intelligence chips in a blog post Thursday. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice chair and president,

Rule hamstringing our datacenters is 'gift' to Middle Kingdom, vice chair argues Microsoft would like the Trump administration to row back AI export restrictions introduced by his predecessor that affect countries where the cloud services giant has datacenters.