Apple wants to buy cheap memory chips from China to ease a shortage. The senators wrote to Cook, urging Apple to drop any plan to buy Chinese memory. The China-only loophole, and the jobsApple’s pitch is that the Chinese memory would only go into devices sold in China. Cheap Chinese memory, the senators fear, could undercut those Chips-Act-backed projects. The senators want Apple to commit by 21 August to keep CXMT and YMTC memory out of its products entirely.