Donald Trump made a decision that stunned national safety experts.
The US president agreed to sale advanced Nvidia H200 systems to China, reversing the years of Beijing's technological isolation policy. Condition? The U.S. government is expected to receive 25 percent "share" in profits.
This decision is the triumph of lobbying Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, and David Sacks, Trump's AI advisor. They convinced the president that the export blockade only propels the improvement of Chinese competitors (such as Huawei), while the sales of American chips "depends" China on technology from the US and will supply Nvidia billions of dollars for further development.
“This is crazy”
Jake Sullivan, a erstwhile national safety advisor, called this movement “crazy”. H200, although weaker than the flagship Blackwell, is six times more efficient than the best chips presently available in China. Consent to its export is, according to critics, giving oxygen to China in the AI arms race, in which Beijing began to catch breath.
Security for sale?
However, the financial aspect is the biggest controversy. Trump announced that the US would charge a 25% sales fee. Both Democrats and Republicans inform that this looks like national safety for sale. John Moolenaar, Republican head of the China committee, warns directly: China will usage these chips to strengthen the army and surveillance, and then copy the technology to destruct Nvidia as a competitor.
The paradox of the situation is striking – only in late November We've reported the arrests of smugglers. smuggling the same systems, which are now to sail to China in a legal, wide stream, if Washington receives its ‘perp’.
The U.S. Department of Justice reveals Nvidia's smuggling scenes. In the background, supercomputers and weapons of mass destruction
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