Lisa Su Says AMD Ready to Pay 15% Tax on Exports to China
By Reuters | 05 Dec, 2025

The legally questionable tax Trump imposed on shipments of AI chips to China would allow Nvidia and AMD to continue selling dumbed-down chips to China.

Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su on Thursday said the company has licenses to ship some of its MI 308 chips to China and is prepared to pay a 15% tax to the U.S. government if it ships them.

Su made the remarks at a conference held by technology publication Wired in San Francisco.

U.S. President Donald Trump in August said his administration had reached a deal with Nvidia and AMD under which they could resume shipping some chips to China in exchange for paying a 15% fee, a move some legal experts argued could violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on taxing exports.

In response to the latest U.S. move, China's foreign ministry on Friday urged the American side to take concrete actions to maintain the stability and smooth operation of the world's supply chains. 

AMD's MI308 AI accelerator is a downgraded version of its Instinct MI300X series, designed to comply with U.S. export controls for sale to China. The chip was placed under export restrictions alongside Nvidia's H20 in April.

The Chinese government has issued guidance requiring new data centre projects that have received state funds to only use homemade artificial intelligence chips, a move that is likely to affect U.S. firms Nvidia, AMD and Intel. 

(Reporting by Max Cherney in San Francisco, writing by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco and Che Pan in Beijing, editing by Chris Reese and Thomas Derpinghaus)