Washington is clashing with Cupertino. A bipartisan Senate group is slamming Apple’s strategy to source chips from state-backed Yangtze Memory. Lawmakers warn that integrating Wuhan-made components threatens U.S.

national security and exposes critical tech to espionage risks. Supply chain sovereignty is the new battlefield. Geopolitical tensions are overriding corporate profit motives.

Apple faces mounting pressure to decouple from high-risk Chinese hardware suppliers.