China May Curb Nvidia Chip Imports Despite US Ban Being Lifted

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Beijing may move to restrict imports of Nvidia’s advanced AI chips even after Washington allowed sales of the H200 to China, according to the Financial Times. China’s foreign ministry offered no details about potential limits, while Beijing continues urging major firms to buy locally produced chips.

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00:00Beijing may limit the import of NVIDIA's advanced AI chips, despite Washington having overturned

00:06export controls to allow them to be sold there, according to the Financial Times.

00:11A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson did not comment on the scope of the restrictions,

00:15only saying that the U.S. and China should achieve win-win outcomes through cooperation.

00:20Beijing has been encouraging local companies to buy chips made in China rather than the

00:24U.S.

00:25U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that NVIDIA's second-most powerful chip,

00:29the H-200, would be approved for customers in China.

00:32In exchange, NVIDIA would pay a 25 percent fee, which legal experts say could be unconstitutional.

00:39That has upset many national security experts and members of Congress, who say granting China

00:43access to advanced AI chips will give a boost to their military and blunt America's AI edge.

00:50Their concerns were on display in a Senate hearing with U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer.

00:55Yesterday, the White House announced that NVIDIA is going to be allowed to export the H-200 chips

01:02to China. Were you consulted on that?

01:05I was.

01:06You was? And you agreed?

01:07I agree with the President.

01:09Well, let me tell you, every professional military officer that I've talked to about this thinks it is

01:17detrimental to the security of the United States to provide these chips to China.

01:21The H-200 chips are made in Taiwan by TSMC. It's still unclear how the 25 percent fee would be

01:28collected, but could be through an import tax or tariff when the chips enter the U.S.

01:33So the political door is open, but regulatory and legal barriers, both in Washington and Beijing,

01:39might keep these chips from moving. Patrick Chun and Chris Gorin in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.

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