China, Trump and NVIDIA
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Nvidia can sell its AI chips in China, and hyperscalers are spending more heavily on data center infrastructure than Wall Street anticipated.
Trump said Monday that he has cut a deal with chipmaker Nvidia, allowing it to sell certain artificial intelligence chips to China in exchange for a cut of the revenue, which would go to the U.S. government. Trump said he also negotiated a similar deal with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is one of the best big tech stocks to buy right now. The company again came under the radar after the Trump administration asked it to pay 15% sales tax on certain semiconductors it sells to China. However, the impact appears to be quite manageable for the company.
If Nvidia and AMD are given special treatment…why shouldn't other companies be doing the same?” says one expert.
Nvidia and AMD are expected to pay the US government 15% of their China chip sales revenues.
Top Senate Democrats wrote an open letter asking President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to allow artificial intelligence chip sales to China. The deal allows chip giants Nvidia and AMD to sell advanced AI chips to China in exchange for a 15% cut of revenue from the sales.