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This article appeared in the December 12, 2025 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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Why Trump is selling chips to China

Linda Feldmann
Washington Bureau Chief

Nvidia Corp. hasn鈥檛 been a household name until fairly recently 鈥 and now, with a major policy change by the Trump administration, it鈥檚 a 鈥渕ust know.鈥 Nvidia creates advanced computer chips that are critical to the development of artificial intelligence. President Donald Trump has just done a 180, allowing the company to sell its chips to rival China. In exchange, the U.S. government will get a 25% share of future sales.

As Caitlin Babcock explains today, the deal hinges on a calculation that China will become dependent on U.S. chips and unable to produce its own. If AI is the future, the stakes could not be higher.


This article appeared in the December 12, 2025 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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