China says US DeepSeek ban disregards Xi-Trump consensus

China’s commerce ministry criticised a US order barring DeepSeek’s AI products from civilian federal agency IT systems, Business Recorder reported on Tuesday. The US Homeland Security Department issued the directive on Monday, requiring agencies to remove DeepSeek products and services built with its model, and preventing them from making new acquisitions.

Washington said use of the model could expose sensitive information to China and cited multiple security risks. Beijing said the measure harms Chinese companies and runs counter to understandings between the countries’ leaders, urging the US to withdraw the restrictions. China also said it would monitor the matter and take steps to protect its interests, while calling for renewed cooperation through the bilateral AI dialogue mechanism.