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 White House cracked down on sales to China as part of measures responding to Beijing’s limits on shipments of essential rare earths.

PALO ALTO, California -- The world's leading suppliers of chip design tools, including Cadence and Synopsys, are preparing to resume sales to China, after the U.S. government rescinded restrictions on such exports.