Chinese customs agents have been told not to allow Nvidia H200 imports into China, according to Reuters. The report, which claims to cite three people briefed on the matters, says the move would effectively serve as a ban on the advanced AI chips, although there is no telling whether this is a temporary condition or a permanent directive. The development, if confirmed, would be a fairly sharp twist in the ongoing H200 to China saga, where it was reported very recently that Beijing would allow some Chinese firms to import the chip under special circumstances.
The Trump Administration approved the sale of these AI GPUs to China last month, with Chinese tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance reportedly lining up to buy 200,000 of these AI processors, each, if they receive approval from Beijing.
