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Trump: Senator Elizabeth Warren immediately and sharply warned that US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US would allow NVIDIA to ship its cutting-edge H200 artificial intelligence chips to approved customers in China under what he described as strict national security conditions could “risk turbocharging China’s bid for technological and military dominance.”

“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,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “President Xi responded positively,” he continued.

Trump presented the ruling as an economic and financial victory for the US. The United States of America will get $25%. He stated, “This policy will strengthen American manufacturing, support American jobs, and benefit American taxpayers.”

“Spent BILLIONS OF DOLLARS building ‘degraded’ products that nobody wanted, a terrible idea that slowed Innovation and hurt the American Worker,” he said, scathingly criticizing the former Biden administration.

“That Era Is Over!” Trump said. “We will maintain America’s leadership in AI, safeguard national security, and generate American jobs.”

Trump pointed out that next-generation processors were already being used by NVIDIA’s domestic clients. “With their amazing, cutting-edge Blackwell chips and soon, Rubin, NVIDIA’s US customers are already making progress; neither of these are included in this agreement.” His administration “will always put America FIRST,” he said.

He also hinted at a wider application of the strategy. The same strategy will be used for AMD, Intel, and other outstanding American businesses, and the Department of Commerce is completing the specifics. “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

In a forceful statement, Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, condemned the ruling and linked it to corporate access.

“CEO Jensen Huang got his wish to sell the most powerful AI chip we’ve ever sold to China after his backroom meeting with Donald Trump and his company’s donation to the Trump ballroom,” she said. “This risks undermining US economic and national security and accelerating China’s bid for military and technological dominance.”

She called on Congress to act swiftly. Congress needs to move quickly. In addition to requiring Mr. Huang to testify in public and on oath, it should enact bipartisan legislation that restrains this Administration.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was earlier encouraged by Warren and Senator Andy Kim, Ranking Member of the BHUA Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, to refrain from approving the transfer of H200 chips to China. Earlier, a bipartisan group of senators had opposed Commerce’s decision to start shipping NVIDIA’s less potent H20 chips again.

As rivalry for semiconductors, high-performance computing, and defense-related research heats up, the conversation highlights the growing debate in Washington about whether the United States should allow exports of cutting-edge AI technology to China. One of NVIDIA’s most potent AI accelerators, the H200 is often utilized for advanced AI model training and deployment.

In order to prevent China from obtaining advanced chips, the Biden administration implemented stringent export regulations starting in 2022. At the same time, the CHIPS and Science Act promoted the growth of semiconductor production in the United States. Global supply chains were altered by such regulations, and a new stage of geopolitical conflict over access to cutting-edge computer technology was initiated.

The Trump administration has adopted a different strategy, encouraging the fast growth of AI production in the US but permitting certain exports under security and financial restrictions.

Policymakers and allies in the Indo-Pacific region, who see advanced computing as a crucial frontier in strategic rivalry, are keenly monitoring China’s ongoing investments in its domestic AI, semiconductor, and military modernization initiatives.