A top UAE official plans to visit Washington to press for easier access to American technology and discuss investment in the US, according to people familiar with the matter, seeking to sway the Trump administration on export controls governing the advanced semiconductors needed to power artificial intelligence.

Whether Sheikh Tahnoon will see President Donald Trump is still unknown.The proposal coincides with continuing U.S. limits on AI chip exports to several Middle Eastern countries. The Biden government banned the sale of sophisticated electronics,

The United Arab Emirates national security advisor is embarking on a trip to the U.S. to let Washington allow the Middle Eastern nation to purchase more artificial intelligence accelerators from companies such as Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA),