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Disruptionsanction · June 17, 2026
US approved DeepSeek for its trade blacklist, then sat on it for eight months
US blacklisting of DeepSeek would restrict trade in AI software/services and related hardware access for the company.
Source →The trace
How it reaches your house.
Starting from AXT Inc, we walked the supply graph hop by hop to the goods you buy and the companies you own. Each step is the engine’s reasoning, scored for confidence and cited where a source backs it.
The causal trace for this event is still being written.