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China thinks twice about allowing imports of advanced Nvidia chips

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US President Donald Trump just did China a solid – but it's not clear Beijing cares.
What happened: On December 8, Trump announced on Truth Social that he will let Nvidia ship H200 AI GPUs to Chinese customers (with the US government taking a 25% cut).
The move looked like a big concession to China,...