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title: "Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the US is \"not in favor\" of Apple buying Chinese memory chips, and there have to be \"other solutions to the memory issue\" (Wall Street Journal)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/commerce-secretary-howard-lutnick-says-the-us-is-not-in-favor-of-apple-46553190
published: 2026-08-15T01:25:02.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the US is "not in favor" of Apple buying Chinese memory chips, and there have to be "other solutions to the memory issue" (Wall Street Journal)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-08-15 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/commerce-secretary-howard-lutnick-says-the-us-is-not-in-favor-of-apple-46553190

Wall Street Journal : Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the US is "not in favor" of Apple buying Chinese memory chips, and there have to be "other solutions to the memory issue" — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urges iPhone maker to find other solutions to AI-driven chip supply crunch

In this story: [Howard Lutnick](https://frontiernewswire.com/people/howard-lutnick)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260814/p33#a260814p33)

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