White House Defends Plans to Send Nvidia AI Chips to China

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White House Defends Plans to Send Nvidia AI Chips to China
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing at the White House on Dec. 1, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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Plans to sell Nvidia’s H200 chips to Chinese customers are in line with national security policy and export controls, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a Dec. 11 news briefing.

“The administration continues to maintain a strict export control regime, and we are ensuring that Blackwell chip and other advanced technologies stay right here in America,“ Leavitt said. ”And these H200 chips will only be sent to China after undergoing a security inspection here in the United States.”

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