Nvidia's fight to sell advanced AI chips to China

Gone quiet · last story Jan 14, 2026

What this arc covers

Nvidia's push to sell advanced chips to China under Trump: the export curbs that cost it billions, CEO Jensen Huang's lobbying and trips to Beijing, the lifting of the H20 ban, the unusual deal giving the US a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD sales to China, China's security questions, and Trump's approval of sales of more advanced chips with conditions.

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Earliest story we hold Apr 15, 2025 · 12 stories · 58 independent sources (counted once each) · 274 days

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Part of Artificial intelligence

  1. DeepSeek's shock to Nvidia and the US AI industry in January 2025Jan 27 – Feb 24, 2025
  2. Nvidia's fight to sell advanced AI chips to ChinaThis arcApr 15, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026
  3. The backlash against AI data centers and their power and water costsJan 13 – Sep 24, 2026
  4. The Pentagon's fight with Anthropic over AI safeguardsFeb 24 – Sep 25, 2026
  5. The 2026 warnings over AI's risks and calls to slow it downApr 8 – Sep 28, 2026
  6. The US-China race and rivalry over artificial intelligenceApr 23 – Sep 26, 2026

Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Jan 142026Sales of a powerful Nvidia AI chip to China gets the greenlight, with conditions5 articles · 5 independent sources
0 left, 1 center, 3 right
Dec 92025Trump approves sale of more advanced Nvidia computer chips used in AI to China40 articles · 31 independent sources
5 left, 7 center, 8 right
Nov 62025Nvidia CEO warns 'China is going to win the AI race': report6 articles · 5 independent sources
1 left, 1 center, 2 right

Key momentsthe most covered; every story is below

  1. Apr 15 – 16, 2025Nvidia expects $5.5 bn hit as US targets chips sent to China14 articles · 13 independent sources
  2. Jul 15 – 16, 2025Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wants to sell more advanced chips to China after H20 ban is lifted34 articles · 24 independent sources
  3. Aug 11 – 12, 2025US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement52 articles · 39 independent sources
  4. Aug 19 – 22, 2025Nvidia is in talks with Trump administration about new chip for China, company's CEO says9 articles · 9 independent sources
  5. Dec 9, 2025Trump approves sale of more advanced Nvidia computer chips used in AI to China40 articles · 31 independent sources

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

Apr 14Jun 9Aug 4Sep 22Nov 17Jan 12

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Apr 14, 2025510223
May 19, 20253104
Jul 14, 2025211530
Jul 28, 20250228
Aug 11, 2025714748
Aug 18, 20251228
Sep 15, 20251215
Nov 3, 20251125
Dec 8, 202557835
Jan 12, 20260135

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

23% left · 55% center · 22% right of 58 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 12 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. April 2025

    Apr 15– 16Nvidia expects $5.5 bn hit as US targets chips sent to China14 articles · 13 independent sources
    3 left, 7 center, 1 right
  2. Apr 16Chip stocks fall as Nvidia, AMD warn of higher costs from China export controls5 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  3. Apr 17Nvidia CEO Huang Flies to Beijing for Talks, Report Says7 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 1 right

  4. May 2025

    May 21Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Calls US Curbs on Advanced Chip Exports to China ‘Failure’6 articles · 6 independent sources
    3 left, 1 center, 0 right

  5. July 2025

    Jul 15– 16Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wants to sell more advanced chips to China after H20 ban is lifted34 articles · 24 independent sources
    2 left, 11 center, 5 right
  6. Jul 31– Aug 1Nvidia says no 'backdoors' in chips as China questions security8 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 2 right

  7. August 2025

    Aug 11– 12US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement52 articles · 39 independent sources
    7 left, 14 center, 7 right
  8. Aug 19– 22Nvidia is in talks with Trump administration about new chip for China, company's CEO says9 articles · 9 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right

  9. September 2025

    Sep 15– 17Nvidia CEO Huang says he's disappointed by China chip curbs8 articles · 8 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right

  10. November 2025

    Nov 6Nvidia CEO warns 'China is going to win the AI race': report6 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 2 right

  11. December 2025

    Dec 9Trump approves sale of more advanced Nvidia computer chips used in AI to China40 articles · 31 independent sources
    5 left, 7 center, 8 right

  12. January 2026

    Jan 14Sales of a powerful Nvidia AI chip to China gets the greenlight, with conditions5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 3 right