AI, China and NVIDIA
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The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese trip later this year.
Only a few years ago, the Biden administration declared export controls a “new strategic asset” to help the US maintain “as large a lead as possible” over China in advanced technology. President Donald Trump is now upending that approach.
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With help from a longtime Silicon Valley investor turned White House insider, Mr. Huang got the administration to reverse course on restrictions.
President Donald Trump’s administration has barred Nvidia Corp. from selling its H20 chip in China, an escalation of Washington’s tech battle with Beijing that will cost the company billions of dollars and hamstring a product line it explicitly designed to comply with previous US curbs.
NVIDIA's H20 AI GPUs are once again allowed to be sold in China following a reversal of restrictions by the Trump administration, and NVIDIA's CEO claims it wasn't he who changed the US President's mind.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments and news of the resumption of H20 chip sales to China have excited Wall Street.
It’s been a very busy week for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. After meeting with President Donald Trump and senior officials in Beijing in recent days, Huang has secured a major victory for his AI-chip empire.
The S&P 500's spring sell-off was fast and unexpected, sparking fear that trade war uncertainty would serve as a catalyst for stagflation or outright recession. As a result, many investors sold top performers, including Nvidia, before a massive post-sell-off run higher.