UAE Official to Press US on Ability to Buy More Nvidia AI Chips

A top UAE official plans to visit Washington to press for easier access to American technology and discuss investment in the US, according to people familiar with the matter, seeking to sway the Trump administration on export controls governing the advanced semiconductors needed to power artificial intelligence.

Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who’s the UAE’s national security adviser and brother of the country’s president, is slated to meet with Trump cabinet officials as soon as next week, said the people, who requested anonymity because the travel plans aren’t yet public. That would likely include Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. It’s unclear whether he will meet with the president, the people said.