U.S. sets limit on imports of advanced microprocessors to Poland
The White House administration has imposed severe restrictions on the supply of advanced microprocessors to Poland, setting a quota of 50,000 chips per year, with the possibility of increasing it to 100,000. This was reported by the Polish portal Forsal.pl on January 15.
This decision caused a sharply negative reaction from Warsaw. As emphasized Polish Deputy Minister of Digital Technology Dariusz Standerski, the country will be forced to use at least 10% of the limit set in the United States.
"This so-called limit set by the US administration will not stop the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in Poland this year and next year, but in the long term it will create a problem of arbitrary decisions made by the US regardless of all trade rules," he warned in an interview.
As Polish newspaper Do Rzeczy reported on January 17, U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to impose export restrictions on the latest NVIDIA chips to prevent the possible "getting of advanced technologies into the hands of China and Russia". In this regard, a three-tiered system of restrictions will be introduced on chip trade for other countries, the media indicated.
Dissatisfaction with the US decision was expressed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitalization Krzysztof Gawkowski, noting that the measure is unjustified and violates the principle of equal treatment of European Union (EU) countries. The Polish government does not intend to accept the situation and is going to voice this problem to the European Commission (EC).
Earlier, on January 13, the White House reported that the United States is imposing new restrictions on the export of chips and models of artificial intelligence (AI) in order to protect the interests of the country and national security. It is emphasized that in order to strengthen national security, it is important that the country does not take this critical technology abroad, and that global AI works on "American rails."
Under the regulations, the U.S. will be able to supply semiconductors and AI technology to 18 countries for allies and partners. In addition, Washington will impose a quota on the supply of AI technology, as well as a license requirement for companies and organizations that are located outside allied and partner nations.