By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press
President Donald Trump said that Intel has agreed to give the U.S. government a 10% stake in its business. Speaking with reporters on Friday, Trump said the deal came out of a meeting last week with Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan — which came days after the president called for Tan to resign over his past ties to China. The official announcement is expected to come later Friday, according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly ahead of an announcement and spoke on condition of anonymity.
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday confirmed the U.S. government is vying for a 10% stake in Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in an unusual deal that would deepen the Trump administration's financial ties with major computer chip manufacturers and punctuate a dramatic about-face from the president's recent push to oust the company's CEO. The ambitions that Lutnick confirmed in a televised interview with CNBC came the day after various news outlets reported on the negotiations between the Trump administration and Intel. The talks come on the heels of a $2 billion investment that Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group announced late Monday.