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The U.S. government hasn't yet approved license applications for Nvidia to sell its H200 AI chips to China, Nvidia CFO Colette Kress said this week.
House and Senate negotiators unveiled a compromise FY 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill Jan. 5 that would provide $235 million for the Bureau of Industry and Security, up $44 million, or 23%, from the FY 2025 enacted level.
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Beijing is ordering its chipmakers to use at least 50% domestically made equipment for adding new semiconductor capacity as part of a push to build a self-sufficient semiconductor supply chain, Reuters reported Dec. 30. Chinese chipmakers seeking approval to build or expand their chip plants have been told in recent months that they "must prove through procurement tenders that at least half their equipment will be Chinese-made," the report said. The directive is forcing Chinese manufacturers to choose domestic suppliers "even in areas where foreign equipment from the U.S., Japan, South Korea and Europe remain available."
The recent introduction of several bills to restrict foreign sales of computing chips shows that lawmakers are eager to legislate on the issue but haven't yet reached agreement on how to do so, Morgan Lewis trade lawyer Mike Huneke said in an interview.
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The Trump administration plans to convene early next year to try to better organize its approach to AI diffusion and export controls over AI semiconductors, said Paul Triolo, the technology policy lead at advisory firm Albright Stonebridge Group.
The top Democrats on the oversight committees for the Bureau of Industry and Security are asking the agency for information about the Trump administration's plan to approve Nvidia H200 chip exports to China, including license applications, supporting documents and more.
House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., led 13 other House Democrats in introducing a bill Dec. 18 that would block the sale of advanced AI chips to China and other U.S. arms embargoed countries.