United States/Economy/US approves limited Nvidia chip exports to China as trade tensions continue

US approves limited Nvidia chip exports to China as trade tensions continue

Feb 27, 202626 sources

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Feb 27, 2026US approves limited Nvidia chip exports to China as trade tensions continue26 sources

Summary

The US government granted Nvidia a license to export a small number of its advanced H200 artificial intelligence chips to China. A US official later clarified that no H200 chips have actually been shipped to China yet.

China warned it would respond if a US trade investigation leads to new tariffs. Meanwhile, reports indicate a Chinese AI company, DeepSeek, trained its latest model on Nvidia's best chips despite US restrictions.