00:00Beijing may limit the import of NVIDIA's advanced AI chips, despite Washington having overturned
00:06export controls to allow them to be sold there, according to the Financial Times.
00:11A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson did not comment on the scope of the restrictions,
00:15only saying that the U.S. and China should achieve win-win outcomes through cooperation.
00:20Beijing has been encouraging local companies to buy chips made in China rather than the
00:24U.S.
00:25U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that NVIDIA's second-most powerful chip,
00:29the H-200, would be approved for customers in China.
00:32In exchange, NVIDIA would pay a 25 percent fee, which legal experts say could be unconstitutional.
00:39That has upset many national security experts and members of Congress, who say granting China
00:43access to advanced AI chips will give a boost to their military and blunt America's AI edge.
00:50Their concerns were on display in a Senate hearing with U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer.
00:55Yesterday, the White House announced that NVIDIA is going to be allowed to export the H-200 chips
01:02to China. Were you consulted on that?
01:05I was.
01:06You was? And you agreed?
01:07I agree with the President.
01:09Well, let me tell you, every professional military officer that I've talked to about this thinks it is
01:17detrimental to the security of the United States to provide these chips to China.
01:21The H-200 chips are made in Taiwan by TSMC. It's still unclear how the 25 percent fee would be
01:28collected, but could be through an import tax or tariff when the chips enter the U.S.
01:33So the political door is open, but regulatory and legal barriers, both in Washington and Beijing,
01:39might keep these chips from moving. Patrick Chun and Chris Gorin in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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