Washington and Beijing have been engaged in an escalating trade war ever since the Trump administration took over, with tensions over semiconductors in particular reaching an all-time peak. Despite a year-long trade truce being reached last week, it seems President Trump is still adamant about his position to restrict high-end AI chip access to China. Speaking to CBS last night, Trump made it clear that Nvidia's current-gen, flagship Blackwell AI GPUs will not be allowed to be sold to China, and that they're reserved for America first.
