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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been active on the government relations and lobbying front, and now he’s got something big to show for his efforts: the Trump Administration has agreed to lift a ban on selling Nvidia H20 AI chips to China.
Congress has approved billions to incentivize the Taiwan-based company to build factories in the U.S.
Chinese firms have begun rushing to order Nvidia's H20 AI chips as the company plans to resume sales to mainland China, Reuters reports. The chip giant expects to receive US government licenses soon so that it can restart shipments of the restricted processors just days after CEO Jensen Huang met with President Donald Trump,
Robust demand for artificial-intelligence chips makes for attractive buying opportunities in several semiconductor stocks headed into earnings season, according to J.P. Morgan.
The U.S. is reportedly holding up the deal due to concerns that AI chips could be smuggled to China from the UAE.