Trump caught between Apple and Micron in fight over Chinese chips

Two of the president’s priorities—cutting prices for U.S. consumers and increasing domestic semiconductor production—come into conflict.

WASHINGTON—Apple’s aggressive lobbying campaign to alleviate rising costs by using Chinese memory chips is colliding with an equally strong push by major supplier Micron Technology to block the move, putting President Trump in the middle of a clash between two of America’s biggest companies.

In recent weeks, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook and top executives have pitched Trump and officials including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on a plan to use memory chips from China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies and Yangtze Memory Technologies in Apple products sold outside the U.S., people familiar with the discussions said.

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