Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, is pushing back on the Trump administration\u2019s decision to allow technology company Nvidia to sell certain artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China once again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday, the congressman raised concerns about the reversal on Nvidia\u2019s H20 chips, suggesting it could boost China\u2019s AI capabilities. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe H20, which is a cost-effective and powerful AI inference chip, far surpasses China\u2019s indigenous capability and would therefore provide a substantial increase to China\u2019s AI development,\u201d Moolenaar wrote. <\/p>\n
Nvidia announced Monday that the chipmaker is filing out applications to sell its H20 chips again after receiving assurances from the Trump administration that its licenses would be granted. <\/p>\n
The chipmaker revealed earlier this year that the U.S. government was implementing new licensing requirements that would limit its ability to sell the chips in China. The reversal came shortly after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with President Trump. <\/p>\n
Lutnick suggested the Trump administration opted to ease the restrictions as part of a broader rare earth deal with China, underscoring that Beijing is only getting Nvidia\u2019s \u201cfourth best\u201d chip. <\/p>\n
However, Moolenaar argued the key issue is how the H20 chip compares to those being developed in China and proposed the Commerce Department peg its export controls to a \u201cslight technical improvement\u201d on China\u2019s current capabilities. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs the Trump administration has repeatedly stated, the U.S. must ensure that American rather than Chinese tech companies build the global AI infrastructure,\u201d he added. \u201cAt the same time, however, we must also ensure that the world does not adopt Chinese AI models trained on U.S. technology.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cApproving the sale of large volumes of H20s could give China the computer power it needs to develop powerful AI models that are open to users free of charge as DeepSeek has done with R1,\u201d Moolenaar continued. \u201cAs China has done in so many other industries, this is a deliberate strategy to capture market share and become the global standard.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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