President Donald Trump says the United States will permit Nvidia to sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China under a new arrangement that sends a quarter of the revenue back to the US government.
In a new post on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump says he relayed the broad terms of the agreement directly to Chinese President Xi Jinping, which includes a mandatory payment to the United States.
“I have informed President Xi of China that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China and other countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security. President Xi responded positively. 25% will be paid to the United States of America.”
Trump says the policy is a move designed to support domestic workers, while reversing hurdles imposed by the Biden administration.
“This policy will support American Jobs, strengthen US Manufacturing, and benefit American Taxpayers. The Biden Administration forced our Great Companies to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS building ‘degraded’ products that nobody wanted, a terrible idea that slowed Innovation, and hurt the American Worker. That Era is OVER.”
But Trump highlights that the most advanced Nvidia chips are not part of the arrangement, suggesting that the deal is meant to preserve US dominance in AI while allowing chipmakers to generate additional revenue.
“We will protect National Security, create American Jobs, and keep America’s lead in AI. Nvidia’s US customers are already moving forward with their incredible, highly advanced Blackwell chips, and soon, Rubin, neither of which is part of this deal. My Administration will always put America FIRST. The Department of Commerce is finalizing the details, and the same approach will apply to AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”
Nvidia’s H200 is built on the Hopper architecture and is an upgraded version of the H100. It improves inference throughput for large language models but is still part of the prior generation. The Blackwell generation represents a major leap that could deliver 11–15x faster LLM throughput per GPU compared to the Hopper generation.
Meanwhile, the Rubin is expected to deliver 3x the compute power of Blackwell-based systems.
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