White House Adviser Defends Nvidia Chip Sales to China Amid Bipartisan Skepticism

China will be forced to innovate if they can no longer buy American chips, says the director of the National Economic Council.
White House Adviser Defends Nvidia Chip Sales to China Amid Bipartisan Skepticism
The Nvidia office building in Santa Clara, Calif., on May 31, 2023. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Resuming the sale of lower-end Nvidia chips to China to prevent the acceleration of the Chinese regime’s domestic chip innovation is in the United States’ strategic interests, according to a top economic adviser to President Donald Trump.

“After very, very careful scrutiny of all the factors that President Trump and his team decided to let the Nvidia chips go,” Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said in a July 30 interview on Fox News.