President Donald Trump’s agreement with two leading American producers of computer chips to take a cut of their revenue in exchange for permission to export products to China introduced a striking new tactic to his transactional trade policy.

In one fell swoop, the president indicated that he believes companies can be expected to pay their own government a slice of overseas sales despite a constitutional prohibition on export taxes, and overrode years of bipartisan concern about China’s threat to American leadership in artificial intelligence.

The deals will see Nvidia, the world’s top producer of chips for AI, and competitor Advanced Micro Devices hand the U.S. government 15 percent of their revenue from selling certain chips in China. Trade and national security experts expressed conce

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