China says US DeepSeek ban disregards Xi-Trump consensus

​China's commerce ministry on Tuesday ​criticised a US government ‌order ​banning Chinese AI model DeepSeek from federal agency IT systems, saying it harmed Chinese firms' ‌interests and disregarded understandings reached by the countries' leaders.

In a statement, the ministry urged the US to "immediately correct wrong practices ... and revoke ‌relevant discriminatory restrictive measures", adding that Beijing would closely monitor developments ‌and "take all necessary measures" to safeguard its interests. The US Homeland Security Department on Monday ordered the removal of DeepSeek products and third-party services using ⁠the Chinese ​AI model from ⁠civilian federal agency IT systems. It also barred agencies from acquiring DeepSeek ⁠products or third-party services developed using the model.

DHS said DeepSeek models pose "multiple ​threat vectors" and raised concerns that their use could result ⁠in the transfer of sensitive data to China if used by US ⁠government ​employees or vendors. Beijing is "strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposes" the order, the commerce ministry said.

China hopes the US will implement the ⁠consensus reached by the two leaders, work with China "in the same ⁠direction" and make ⁠full use of the China-US artificial intelligence dialogue mechanism, it added.