{"id":799725,"date":"2026-05-16T03:58:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/799725\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T03:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:58:26","slug":"trump-says-china-hasnt-approved-import-of-nvidia-ai-chips-because-they-want-to-develop-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/799725\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says China hasn&#8217;t approved import of Nvidia AI chips because &#8216;they want to develop their own&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you aren&#8217;t caught up on the situation, US President Donald Trump, alongside representatives from Micron, Qualcomm, and Nvidia, all <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-confirms-did-fact-bring-162156853.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:boarded Air Force One a few days;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;boarded Air Force One a few days&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boarded Air Force One a few days<\/a> 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&#8217;s officials yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/sectors\/technology\/articles\/us-government-approves-sale-h200-104604346.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:US approved the sale of Nvidia&#039;s second-best AI chip;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;US approved the sale of Nvidia&#039;s second-best AI chip&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US approved the sale of Nvidia&#8217;s second-best AI chip<\/a>, the H200 to 10 Chinese firms yesterday. This would total 75,000 units each. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-15\/trump-says-he-discussed-ai-guardrails-nvidia-s-chips-with-xi?embedded-checkout=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Bloomberg;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bloomberg&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bloomberg<\/a>, Trump said on Friday that China has not yet approved this deal from its end, \u201cbecause they chose not to, they want to develop their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite this declaration, Trump does say that the conversation came up and he reckons &#8220;something could happen on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trump has not yet elaborated on what this means, what could happen, or how those talks went. However, Trump has reportedly been chatting to Chinese President Xi Jinping about what guardrails could be implemented on this tech going forward. When asked what kind of guardrails these would be, Trump reportedly said, &#8220;Standard guardrails that we talk about all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/sectors\/technology\/articles\/china-approves-imports-nvidias-h200-125947965.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:China reportedly approved the import of H200 GPUs;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;China reportedly approved the import of H200 GPUs&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China reportedly approved the import of H200 GPUs<\/a> just a few months ago, but the US government put caps on how many could be sent to the region. It&#8217;s been a rather tumultuous time for the two entities, with both banning, unbanning, taxing, and untaxing the AI chips.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Nvidia Hopper GPU die\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/97afe977b6fbc56d8f6804702fda1f1f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Nvidia<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nvidia&#8217;s CEO Jensen Huang has historically been very pro-trade when it comes to AI tech and China. When Nvidia effectively left the Chinese market due to import bans imposed late last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-moment-114526464.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Huang argued;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Huang argued&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Huang argued<\/a>, &#8220;it&#8217;s important to be mindful that what harms China could oftentimes also harm America&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Just last month, Huang bemoaned this market drop and argued the US should <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/sectors\/technology\/articles\/china-now-dropped-zero-nvidia-111939340.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:export AI &quot;like crazy&quot;;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;export AI \\&quot;like crazy\\&quot;&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">export AI &#8220;like crazy&#8221;<\/a> to China. It&#8217;s naturally within the interest of Nvidia to sell its AI tech to whoever will take it, as it owes the growth of AI for it becoming the <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/nvidia-worlds-first-5-trillion-170741709.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:world&#039;s first $5 trillion company;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;world&#039;s first $5 trillion company&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">world&#8217;s first $5 trillion company<\/a>, after all. Though, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/sectors\/technology\/articles\/china-now-dropped-zero-nvidia-111939340.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:says its share in China is &quot;zero&quot; today;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;says its share in China is \\&quot;zero\\&quot; today&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says its share in China is &#8220;zero&#8221; today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And, in turn, exporting some AI chips would be beneficial to the US too, as it can claim taxes on that tech. But all parties seem to be aware that China cannot over-rely on American AI technology. Huang said last year that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-says-142456302.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:we don&#039;t have to worry;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;we don&#039;t have to worry&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we don&#8217;t have to worry<\/a>&#8221; about the Chinese military using AI chips because &#8220;they simply can&#8217;t rely on it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And so, the US and China (and by extension, Nvidia) seem to be at a stalemate. Whether or not Trump&#8217;s big trip will see any returns on American investment is anyone&#8217;s guess, but he seems pretty positive about it anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. 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