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Trump Hosts Xi Dinner With Nvidia CEO Amid H200 Export Controls

By Drooid · Sep 22, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC · How we work

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Trump Hosts Xi

President Donald Trump will host a dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attending.
Trump announced on Dec 8 2025 that Nvidia could export H200 chips to approved Chinese commercial customers.
In Jan 2026, the U.S. Commerce Department required case-by-case licensing and third-party testing for H200 chips.
Sen. Chris Coons warned that selling sophisticated chips to China is dangerous amid export-control debate.

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Subscribers Sue AI

Four paying subscribers sued Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceXAI in the Northern District of California.
The complaint alleges the firms illegally colluded to slow AI development, violating Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
The lawsuit cites Dario Amodei’s September 12 essay “We Must Pace the Frontier” as evidence of industry talks.
None of the four defendants has filed a response to the antitrust complaint as of the report.

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Historical Context

The 2018 NDAA barred Huawei and ZTE gear, and the Bureau of Industry Security’s October 2022 export rules placed high-performance chips and semiconductor equipment on the Commerce Control List. Building on those measures, the 2025 presidential memorandum limited Chinese investment in U.S. tech, a backdrop for Trump’s 2025 approval of Nvidia’s H200 chips and the 2026 antitrust suit against Anthropic, OpenAI and Google.

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Trump Hosts Xi

President Donald Trump will host a dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attending.
Trump announced on Dec 8 2025 that Nvidia could export H200 chips to approved Chinese commercial customers.
In Jan 2026, the U.S. Commerce Department required case-by-case licensing and third-party testing for H200 chips.
Sen. Chris Coons warned that selling sophisticated chips to China is dangerous amid export-control debate.

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