On April 30, sources close to the matter revealed that the Trump administration is contemplating a revision of a Biden-era regulation that limits global access to AI chips. Among the potential alterations is the elimination of tiered classifications for countries, which currently dictate the quantity of advanced semiconductors they can procure. While these proposals are still under deliberation and subject to change, their implementation could significantly bolster the US's negotiating power in trade talks by leveraging AI chips. The initial regulation, enacted in January of this year, sought to partition access to state-of-the-art AI chips and regulate the distribution of certain models, ensuring that the most sophisticated computing capabilities remain within the US and its allies, categorizing the world into three tiers. Trump administration officials are now exploring the idea of abandoning the tiered access model in favor of a global licensing system grounded in intergovernmental agreements.