U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to approve previously banned exports of Nvidia Corp.’s powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to China could turbocharge the People’s Liberation Army’s technological ambitions, narrowing America’s edge in military supremacy.
Over time, this risks shifting the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, the primary region in which Washington competes with Beijing for influence and power.
It’s still unclear how far the deal will go. Chinese regulators are reportedly keen to limit access to the chips to keep domestic developers on the path toward to self-sufficiency in semiconductor production. Trump says that President Xi Jinping has responded favorably to the move. The plan would be for shipments to go to as-yet unspecified “approved customers.”
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