The GOP administration recently released another round of AI chip export restrictions against China to prevent it from acquiring advanced semiconductors from American chipmakers. This announcement came as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was unveiling the Blackwell architecture and a major AI partnership in Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Commerce Department has issued a warning against using American-made AI chips in Chinese models and condemned diversionary supply chain tactics that attempt to circumvent these restrictions.
As the largest computer chip manufacturer globally, American chipmaker Nvidia has been riding high on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) craze. However, with the Santa Clara, California-based company drawing 13% of its revenue from the Chinese market, it risks losing a significant portion of its sales due to geopolitical volatility. With the trade war between the U.S. and China intensifying, the Trump administration risks adding further complications to the growing list of challenges Nvidia faces.
Interestingly, the Trump administration introduced these new export restrictions just one day after China and the U.S. agreed to pause most of the import tariffs they had imposed on one another. The announcement also coincided with Nvidia’s plan to partner with Saudi Arabia to help the kingdom develop its artificial intelligence capabilities, signaling Nvidia’s effort to diversify its AI chip strategy beyond U.S.-China tensions.
Although America’s chip export restrictions are designed to prevent China from surpassing the United States in artificial intelligence development, they are also expected to negatively impact American semiconductor firms. That said, Nvidia’s deal with the Saudi government could grant the company access to emerging markets that remain largely untouched by U.S. export limitations.
Specifically, the Nvidia–Saudi Arabia partnership could serve as a test case for how future U.S. export policies will affect nations maintaining strong ties with both Beijing and Washington. As the world’s second-largest economy, China represents an enormous and lucrative market for American companies. However, deteriorating relations between the two powers are prompting many U.S. firms to scout for new, politically neutral trading partners.
In addition to targeting China more aggressively, the Commerce Department also singled out Chinese tech giant Huawei, labeling the company’s use of Ascend chips as a violation of U.S. export rules. The department further repealed the ‘AI Diffusion Rules’ introduced by the Biden administration in early 2025. These rules aimed to control the flow of chip technology and AI software beyond U.S. borders, with strict restrictions on exports to China and other high-risk countries.
As the U.S. expands chip export restrictions, companies like Nvidia risk losing access to China’s massive AI market. This could slow their revenue growth, increase reliance on riskier emerging markets, and force them to cut back on research and development. Long term, it may weaken America’s tech leadership and reshape the global semiconductor industry.
Other technology companies like D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) will be studying the new export restrictions as they could impact market segments that they may have had in their sights as they made their growth plans.
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