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Trump Says U.S. Will Allow Nvidia To Export H200 AI Chips To China, With Security Safeguards

Trump Says U.S. Will Allow Nvidia To Export H200 AI Chips To China, With Security Safeguards

President Trump said the U.S. will allow Nvidia to export its H200 AI chips to approved buyers in China and elsewhere, under conditions intended to protect national security. The Department of Commerce is finalizing the implementation details, and the policy will also cover AMD, Intel and other U.S. companies. Trump additionally posted a claim on Truth Social that "$25% will be paid to the United States of America."

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 8 that he will permit Nvidia to export its H200 artificial-intelligence chips to approved buyers in China and other countries, provided steps are taken to preserve robust national security safeguards.

Details And Implementation

According to Trump, the U.S. Department of Commerce is finalizing the details of the policy. He said the same export approach will apply to other U.S. chipmakers, including AMD and Intel. The H200 is one of Nvidia's high-end data-center AI accelerators used for large-scale machine learning and inference.

Trump announced the decision in a post on X and reiterated a brief financial claim on his Truth Social platform, writing:

"$25% will be paid to the United States of America."
The administration has indicated that approvals will be limited to vetted, "approved customers" and conditioned on measures meant to protect national security.

Markets, technology companies and policy observers will be watching the Commerce Department's forthcoming rules for details on approval criteria, compliance obligations and how these measures will be enforced.

Reporting: Ismail Shakil and Ryan Patrick Jones

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