Trump’s green light for Nvidia sales to China sparks alarm on Capitol Hill

Trump’s green light for Nvidia sales to China sparks alarm on Capitol Hill

By Fox News
Publication Date: 2025-12-12 16:26:00

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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are split over the Trump administration’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell chips to China, a move that some see as a dangerous concession and others view as strategic.

Some lawmakers are worried about putting one of America’s most valuable products into the hands of its greatest adversary, while others familiar with the president’s thinking believe it’s a move that sets up the U.S. for long-term success.

Asked to describe the White House’s reasoning, Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, kept it simple.

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Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, pictured next to a Nvidia chip (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“Dominate,” Mast said.

He described the decision as part of a larger plan to maintain U.S. leadership in the artificial intelligence (AI) and computing space and said the strategy had been personally communicated to him. He said he was made aware of that strategy in a one-on-one…