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PC Gamer
James Bentley

Despite Donald Trump and Jensen Huang flying out to the country, China has not yet approved the sale of Nvidia AI chips

US President Donald Trump speaks during a photo opportunity with autoracing officials and champions on the South Portico of the White House on April 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day tariff pause for most countries -- but slapped even more levies against China in what has become a brutal duel between the world's two largest economies. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) .

If you aren't caught up on the situation, US President Donald Trump, alongside representatives from Micron, Qualcomm, and Nvidia, all boarded Air Force One a few days ago to take a trip out to China and nurse the rocky trade relationship between the two countries. From that trip, America was hoping to trade some AI chips with China, but not quite enough for it to take the lead in the AI space race. Either way, it might not have gotten past China's officials yet.

The US approved the sale of Nvidia's second-best AI chip, the H200 to 10 Chinese firms yesterday. This would total 75,000 units each. As reported by Bloomberg, Trump said on Friday that China has not yet approved this deal from its end, “because they chose not to, they want to develop their own.”

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