Trump reverses restrictions on Nvidia selling chips to China

Published July 15, 2025 8:34am ET



Nvidia, the largest U.S. semiconductor company by market capitalization, is set to resume sales of its China-specific artificial intelligence chip, the H20, as the Trump administration looks to roll back restrictions on business with Beijing. 

The company, which dominates the world’s AI chip market, was effectively banned from selling H20 chips to China in April due to the Trump administration’s move to tighten chip export licensing requirements on the country amid a global trade war.

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