Krishnamoorthi Raises Alarm Over Potential U.S. Tech Deals with UAE and Saudi Arabia That Could Risk Transfer of Advanced Chips to China

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following statement in response to reports that the Trump Administration is weighing technology-sharing agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia involving access to advanced U.S. artificial intelligence chips:

“It has been reported that the Administration is considering deals with the UAE and Saudi Arabia that will allow access to our most advanced chips with limited oversight,” said Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi. “Congress’s lack of visibility into these deals is unacceptable – as are its reported provisions. The Select Committee has long warned about the potential use of such arrangements to siphon advanced U.S. technology to China. While we want to ensure U.S. AI is adopted around the world, we need that adoption to be accompanied by strict national security safeguards. I reiterate these concerns in the strongest possible terms.”

The Select Committee has repeatedly raised concerns about the risk of advanced U.S. technology—especially AI and semiconductor innovations—falling into the hands of the CCP through third-party or “middleman” nations. Reports that sensitive deals may proceed without sufficient congressional oversight or enforceable guardrails underscore the urgent need for stronger statutory protections around the export and deployment of dual-use technologies.

Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi’s statement comes amid growing bipartisan scrutiny of U.S. efforts to expand technological influence abroad, especially in regions where Chinese economic and intelligence networks are deeply entrenched.

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