The administration of US President Donald Trump has lifted restrictions on exports of chip design software to China, as Washington and Beijing work to dial down hostilities as part of a recent trade agreement.

President Donald Trump’s administration has lifted recent export license requirements for chip design software sales in China, as Washington and Beijing implement a trade deal for both countries to ease some restrictions on critical technologies.

The Trump administration has rescinded some restrictions on the export of chip-design software to China, just weeks after putting the limitations in place.  Software firms Synopsys and Cadence and