Higher tariffs on Chinese AI is probably not a good solution unless there is serious Chinese price dumping and/or government subsidies involved.
If it is true, that Chinese authorities essentially have barred any foreign ML & AI products from the domestic market, then this is very serious stuff! If confirmed, then President Trump and the US Congress need to address this issue.
Are we dealing with unfair competition from China? Quite possibly!
"When Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky recently admitted his company is “relying a lot” on Chinese AI models because they’re “very good…fast and cheap,” it should have set off alarm bells in Washington. Here’s a CEO choosing Alibaba’s Qwen over his friend Sam Altman’s OpenAI—not because of superior technology, but because Chinese AI is dramatically cheaper. ...
Meanwhile, in China, try to access ChatGPT or Claude. You can’t. The Cyberspace Administration of China has approved over a hundred AI models for public use—every one domestically developed and none from American firms, according to Chinese state media and regulatory filings. U.S. AI products are effectively barred from the Chinese market through a combination of the Great Firewall and regulatory requirements. ..."
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