The highlights this week: The Trump administration continues its overtures to China with Nvidia export deal , an online crackdown intensifies in Hong Kong after a deadly fire, and China reaches a record trade surplus .
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The highlights this week: The Trump administration continues its overtures to China with Nvidia export deal, an online crackdown intensifies in Hong Kong after a deadly fire, and China reaches a record trade surplus.
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Trump Is Changing Tack on China
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will permit semiconductor giant Nvidia to export its high-end H200 chips to China, potentially handing Beijing a boost in the battle for artificial intelligence supremacy. In characteristic fashion, Trump is insisting on the U.S. government taking a 25 percent cut of the sales.
The H200 isn’t Nvidia’s most advanced chip, but it outclasses the cut-down models that Nvidia had designed especially for the Chinese market.
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