Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said he was unsure whether China would accept the company’s H200 artificial intelligence chips should the United States relax restrictions on sales of the processors, following a meeting Wednesday with US President Donald Trump.
Addressing reporters at the US Capitol, Huang said he and Trump talked about export controls but declined to offer specifics.
The Nvidia chief’s meeting with the president comes after Trump administration officials discussed whether to allow the H200 to be sold in China. Asked whether authorities in Beijing would allow Chinese companies to buy the H200, Huang expressed uncertainty.
“We don’t know. We have no clue,” Huang said, as he headed into a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Banking Committee, which has jurisdiction over export controls. “We can’t degrade chips that we sell to China, they won’t accept that.”
A White House spokesperson said the administration does not discuss private meetings.
Allowing H200 sales to China would mark a significant win for the world’s most valuable company, which has pressed the Trump administration and Congress for a relaxation of export controls that keep Nvidia from selling its AI chips in the world’s second-largest economy.