Trump administration clears way for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China with a 25% surcharge

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that his administration will approve China sales of Nvidia

’s H200 chip for artificial intelligence, but the U.S. government will take 25% of sales, one day after formal regulations were published by the U.S. government.

Unlike Nvidia’s previous China-targeted chip, the H20, the H200 is a version of the company’s Hopper generation that is also sold in the U.S. and in other markets. The H200 was not specifically designed and slowed down for export.

Trump pointed out in remarks on Wednesday that the H200′s performance has been exceeded by two generations of Nvidia chips currently in production, naming Nvidia’s Blackwell and Rubin AI chips.