US EditionTrump greenlights Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China for 25% cut, says Xi responded positively
- On Monday, President Donald Trump said he will allow chipmaker Nvidia to sell H200 chips to approved Chinese customers vetted by the Commerce Department, with the U.S. taking a 25% cut; `President Xi responded positively!` Trump wrote.
- Some Trump administration officials concluded Biden-era export limits failed as DeepSeek, Alibaba and Huawei advanced AI and chip efforts in recent months, prompting a Washington compromise.
- The H200 is roughly 18 months behind Nvidia's latest chips, Blackwell and Rubin processors are excluded, and a Dec. 7 Institute for Progress report found the H200 nearly six times more powerful than the H20.
- A bipartisan group of lawmakers has expressed concerns about AI chip sales to China, and Senators Pete Ricketts and Chris Coons introduced a December 4 bill blocking exports for over two years while the SAFE Chips Act demands a 30-month export ban.
- American defense hawks warn that allowing H200 exports could help Chinese AI labs build supercomputers close to U.S. performance while the U.S. struggles with domestic chip manufacturing and rare earths reliance.
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President Trump says US will allow sale of Nvidia AI chips to China
By Alex Pigman President Donald Trump said Monday he had reached an agreement with President Xi Jinping to allow US chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Photo: Nvidia. The announcement marked a significant shift in US export policy for advanced AI chips, which Joe Biden’s administration had heavily restricted over national security concerns about Chinese mili…
The decision, accompanied by financial requirements and strict control procedures, brings back to the fore the geopolitical confrontation between the US and China for technological superiority in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Donald Trump allows Nvidia to export his AI chip H200 to China.
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