Plans to sell Nvidia’s H200 chips to Chinese customers are in line with national security policy and export controls, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a Dec. 11 news briefing.
“The administration continues to maintain a strict export control regime, and we are ensuring that Blackwell chip and other advanced technologies stay right here in America,” Leavitt said. “And these H200 chips will only be sent to China after undergoing a security inspection here in the United States.”
President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 8 on Truth Social that he would approve sales of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips to “approved customers” in China. He said he had spoken to Chinese leader Xi Jinping about the decision and that Xi “responded positively.”…
White House Defends Plans to Send Nvidia AI Chips to China
