June 26 (Reuters) -
is lobbying the Trump administration for clearance to buy memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a Chinese company the Pentagon has put on a blacklist, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The iPhone maker has lobbied the White House for approval aimed at easing financial pressure on the company from rising memory chip prices, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources.
The lobbying push underscores the bind facing major U.S. technology companies as soaring memory chip costs collide with Washington's national security restrictions on Chinese chipmakers. Apple approached the Commerce Department more than a month ago and also engaged other administration officials and allies in Washington, one person told the FT.