U.S. Senators Move to Block Nvidia's Advanced Chip Sales to China
U.S. senators are proposing a bipartisan bill, the Secure and Feasible Exports Chips Act, to block Nvidia's advanced chip sales to China for 30 months. The bill would require the commerce secretary to deny export licenses for Nvidia's H200 and Blackwell chips. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Trump and lawmakers to discuss export controls, expressing support for U.S. priority access to advanced chips.
U.S. senators are working on a bipartisan bill to block the sale of advanced Nvidia (NVDA) chips to China, according to the Financial Times. The bill, called the Secure and Feasible Exports Chips Act, would obligate the commerce secretary to deny advanced chip export licenses to China for 30 months, effectively blocking Nvidia's H200 and Blackwell chips.
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"Codifying President Trump's current AI chip limitations on Communist China as US chip companies continue to rapidly innovate will allow us to widen our compute lead exponentially," said Senator Pete Ricketts, who is co-sponsoring the bill alongside Senator Chris Coons.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Visits Trump
On Wednesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with Trump and other lawmakers to discuss export controls and restrictions on AI. Huang said that he supports export controls and that the U.S. should have priority access to advanced chips, although he believes that export restrictions haven't slowed down China's AI development.
"We talked in general about export controls, and I wished him a happy holidays," Huang told reporters.
The Trump administration is currently considering allowing the sale of Nvidia's H200 chips to China, although Huang added that he was unsure if China would accept the chips.
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