U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a review that could result in the first shipments to China of Nvidia’s (NVDA) second-most powerful AI chips, Reuters reported.
Trump this month said he would allow sales of Nvidia’s H200 chips to China, with the U.S. government collecting a 25% fee, and that the sales would help keep U.S. firms ahead of Chinese chipmakers by cutting demand for Chinese chips.
The U.S. Commerce Department, which oversees export policy, has sent license applications for the chip sales to the State, Energy and Defense Departments for review, the report added.
Those agencies have 30 days to weigh in, according to export regulations.
One of the sources, an administration official, emphasized the review would be thorough and “not some perfunctory box we are checking.” But under the regulations, the final decision rests with Trump.
