The United States has delayed the inclusion of the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, chipmaker CXMT, and more than 100 other companies in the trade blacklist, to avoid escalating relations with #China, Reuters reports. According to the agency, the decision to impose restrictions was approved as far back as last year, but its publication has still been delayed. Earlier, U.S. authorities accused DeepSeek of cooperating with China’s military and intelligence structures