The chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is calling for a review of the U.S. government’s recent decision to allow Nvidia Corp. to resume sales of a chip to China.
On July 18, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick urging the department not to abandon strict export controls on the H20 graphics processing unit. In his letter, he warned that lifting the ban could advance the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military AI capabilities and enable Chinese tech companies to capture global AI market share.
“The Commerce Department made the right call in banning the H20. Now it must hold the line,” Moolenaar said. “We can’t let the CCP use American chips to train AI models that will power its military, censor its people, and undercut American innovation.”…
House China Committee Chair Warns Against Allowing Exports of Nvidia AI Chip to China
