Apple seeks U.S. approval to buy chips from blacklisted CXMT: FT

The US tech giant has been lobbying officials in the commerce department and other parts of the Trump administration for a green light to buy chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies Inc., which is on the Pentagon’s 1260H list of companies with alleged connections to the Chinese military, the newspaper reported, citing six people familiar with the matter. While Apple isn’t barred from using CXMT as a supplier, the iPhone maker is seeking guarantees CXMT won’t be added to the US’s so-called Entity List that would impose stiff licensing restrictions as Washington and Beijing play hardball over trade and rare earths,…