Apple may struggle to get clearance for Chinese RAM, even for Chinese iPhones

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/06/Apple-may-struggle-to-get-clearance-for-Chinese-RAM-even-for-Chinese-iPhones.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/26/apple-asks-trump-admin-to-approve-chinese-ram-after-product-price-increases/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">We learned yesterday</a> that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple</a> is trying to persuade the Trump administration to allow it to buy memory chips from two <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/china/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chinese</a> companies blacklisted by the Pentagon, CXMT and YMTC.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple previously sought permission from the Biden administration to do the same thing back in 2022, and that did not go well – despite promising to use the chips only for iPhones sold in China …</p> via You searched for iphone - 9to5Mac https://ift.tt/iLIk0Bq