The Commerce Department allows Nvidia to sell H20 AI chips to China despite security concerns, and experts are divided on the U.S. technological advantage.

Nvidia announced it has received the OK to resume selling its pared down H20 chip in China.

A backroom political deal may have just unlocked billions in frozen AI chip sales to China, with whispers linking Howard Lutnick's Washington connections to Nvidia's sudden pathway back into the world's second-largest economy.

The U.S. House Select Committee on China has expressed concerns about the Trump administration's decision to allow Nvidia ( NASDAQ: NVDA) to resume shipments of its H20 AI chips to China.

Congressman John Moolenaar expresses concern over the resumption of Nvidia's H20 chip sales to China, cautioning that it could aid China's AI capabilities and impact U.S. security. The decision to reverse a prior ban has sparked criticism and raised questions about national security implications in AI technology.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explained the Trump administration's turnabout in assuring Nvidia that it [can sell its H20 artificial-intelligence chip](

NVIDIA's H20 AI GPUs are once again allowed to be sold in China following a reversal of restrictions by the Trump administration, and NVIDIA's CEO claims it wasn't he who changed the US President's mind.