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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Trump says Intel has agreed to give US government a 10% stake

intel logo next to a motherboard
The investment into the chipmaker is the latest of several deals struck by the Trump administration with US companies. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

The US government has taken an unprecedented 10% stake in Intel under a deal with the struggling chipmaker and is planning more such moves, according to Donald Trump and the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, the latest extraordinary intervention by the White House in corporate America.

Lutnick wrote on X: “BIG NEWS: The United States of America now owns 10% of Intel, one of our great American technology companies. Thanks to Intel CEO @LipBuTan1 for striking a deal that’s fair to Intel and fair to the American People.”

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