Trump Approves Nvidia AI Chip Exports to China
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang discusses the success of his company, sales with China, and more on ‘The Claman Countdown.’
The Trump administration has officially approved Nvidia’s exports, enabling the tech giant to ship its advanced artificial intelligence chips to China and other nations. This significant development was announced on Tuesday, marking a pivotal moment for both Nvidia and the global tech landscape.
In a new regulation set to be published on January 15, the Commerce Department is easing U.S. export restrictions on China concerning Nvidia’s H200 chip. This decision follows President Donald Trump’s announcement last month, which has been met with approval from Nvidia. “We applaud President Trump’s decision to allow America’s chip industry to compete to support high-paying jobs and manufacturing in America,” stated an Nvidia spokesperson to FOX Business. “Offering H200 to approved commercial customers, vetted by the Department of Commerce, strikes a thoughtful balance that is great for America.”
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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The tech company emphasized that “the Administration’s critics are unintentionally promoting the interests of foreign competitors on U.S. entity lists—America should always want its industry to compete for vetted and approved commercial business, supporting real jobs for real Americans.” The new rule indicates that the Commerce Department’s Industry and Security Bureau will shift its license review policy for certain semiconductor exports to China from a presumption of denial to a case-by-case review. This change partially reverses the Biden-era controls on high-end chip exports.
Trump previously announced that he would permit the chip sales in exchange for a 25% fee paid to the U.S. government, stating that the deal would be closely monitored to safeguard national security. “I have informed President Xi of China that the United States will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China and other countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in December.
Nvidia’s H200 chips are high-performance processors that facilitate various AI programs, including chatbots, machine learning, and data-center tasks.
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Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp, and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Graeme Sloan/Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg / Getty Images)
The new regulations stipulate that the chips will undergo third-party testing in the United States to validate their AI capabilities and functions. Furthermore, China will not be allowed to receive more than 50% of the total chips sold in the U.S. Nvidia must also certify that there is an adequate supply of chips in the U.S., and China must demonstrate sufficient security measures.
Additionally, China is prohibited from utilizing the chips for military purposes. Reports indicate that Chinese technology companies have placed orders for over 2 million H200 chips, each priced around $27,000, significantly surpassing Nvidia’s current inventory of approximately 700,000 chips.
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduces an “Industrial AI Cloud” project during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, November 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Lisi Niesner / Reuters)
During the Consumer Electronics Show last week in Las Vegas, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that the company is ramping up chip production to meet strong global demand, particularly from China, which is driving up rental prices for these chips in cloud-computing data centers.
Trump has previously criticized the Biden administration for imposing restrictions on the export of advanced AI chips and semiconductors to China, citing national security concerns. These restrictions primarily targeted Nvidia’s previous generation of high-end chips, aiming to prevent China from gaining a technological advantage.
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Recently, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused Trump of “selling out America” following the announcement that the U.S. would permit Nvidia to export its chips to China and other nations.
FOX Business’ Bonny Chu and Reuters contributed to this report.
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang discusses the success of his company, sales with China, and more on ‘The Claman Countdown.’
The Trump administration has officially approved Nvidia’s exports, enabling the tech giant to ship its advanced artificial intelligence chips to China and other nations. This significant development was announced on Tuesday, marking a pivotal moment for both Nvidia and the global tech landscape.
In a new regulation set to be published on January 15, the Commerce Department is easing U.S. export restrictions on China concerning Nvidia’s H200 chip. This decision follows President Donald Trump’s announcement last month, which has been met with approval from Nvidia. “We applaud President Trump’s decision to allow America’s chip industry to compete to support high-paying jobs and manufacturing in America,” stated an Nvidia spokesperson to FOX Business. “Offering H200 to approved commercial customers, vetted by the Department of Commerce, strikes a thoughtful balance that is great for America.”
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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The tech company emphasized that “the Administration’s critics are unintentionally promoting the interests of foreign competitors on U.S. entity lists—America should always want its industry to compete for vetted and approved commercial business, supporting real jobs for real Americans.” The new rule indicates that the Commerce Department’s Industry and Security Bureau will shift its license review policy for certain semiconductor exports to China from a presumption of denial to a case-by-case review. This change partially reverses the Biden-era controls on high-end chip exports.
Trump previously announced that he would permit the chip sales in exchange for a 25% fee paid to the U.S. government, stating that the deal would be closely monitored to safeguard national security. “I have informed President Xi of China that the United States will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China and other countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in December.
Nvidia’s H200 chips are high-performance processors that facilitate various AI programs, including chatbots, machine learning, and data-center tasks.
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Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp, and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Graeme Sloan/Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg / Getty Images)
The new regulations stipulate that the chips will undergo third-party testing in the United States to validate their AI capabilities and functions. Furthermore, China will not be allowed to receive more than 50% of the total chips sold in the U.S. Nvidia must also certify that there is an adequate supply of chips in the U.S., and China must demonstrate sufficient security measures.
Additionally, China is prohibited from utilizing the chips for military purposes. Reports indicate that Chinese technology companies have placed orders for over 2 million H200 chips, each priced around $27,000, significantly surpassing Nvidia’s current inventory of approximately 700,000 chips.
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduces an “Industrial AI Cloud” project during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, November 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Lisi Niesner / Reuters)
During the Consumer Electronics Show last week in Las Vegas, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that the company is ramping up chip production to meet strong global demand, particularly from China, which is driving up rental prices for these chips in cloud-computing data centers.
Trump has previously criticized the Biden administration for imposing restrictions on the export of advanced AI chips and semiconductors to China, citing national security concerns. These restrictions primarily targeted Nvidia’s previous generation of high-end chips, aiming to prevent China from gaining a technological advantage.
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Recently, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused Trump of “selling out America” following the announcement that the U.S. would permit Nvidia to export its chips to China and other nations.
FOX Business’ Bonny Chu and Reuters contributed to this report.
