A key US lawmaker has called on Washington to mull trade curbs on Emirati artificial intelligence firm Group 42 Holdings (G42) over its ties with China, according to a letter released on Tuesday. Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, raised concerns over the firm’s business links with Chinese military companies, state-owned entities and intelligence services. “G42 maintains active relationships with blacklisted entities such as Huawei and Beijing Genomics Institute,” said Gallagher in a letter to the Department of Commerce dated last…