Donald Trump may have made Nvidia CEO join him on Beijing trip at 11th hour, but China's stand on American chips remains clear: Thanks, but…
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / May 16, 2026, 14:12 (IST)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined Donald Trump's Beijing summit at the last minute, boarding Air Force One in Alaska, but China still won't approve H200 AI chip purchases. Trump said Beijing "chose not to" because it wants homegrown silicon. With DeepSeek now running on Huawei chips and 10 cleared Chinese firms yet to place orders, Nvidia's China stalemate looks set to drag on.