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Trump makes chip export controls negotiable

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What happened: During an Aug 11 press conference, Trump confirmed that the US government will take a 15% cut from sales of Nvidia’s H20 and AMD’s MI308 chips to China in exchange for export licenses.
Even more interesting: Trump also stated he would be open to the idea of selling Nvidia’s flagship B...