Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is criticizing President Donald Trump for announcing Nvidia chip exports.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused President Donald Trump on Tuesday of “selling out America” for announcing that the U.S. will allow Nvidia to export its artificial intelligence chips to China and other countries.
Trump said Monday that the US will gain a 25% share from H200 chip exports and that the trade will be closely monitored to ensure national security.
“Donald Trump is just selling out America for his own ego and his own gain. That’s what he’s doing with chips,” Schumer said on Tuesday. “When Donald Trump announced yesterday that he was giving the green light to Nvidia to send even more powerful AI chips to China, the H200, which are used to train AI models.”
“Let’s be clear. You can’t claim to be tough on China if you’re willingly selling them some of the most advanced chips in the world so they can use them to strengthen their military,” Schumer added.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, criticizes President Donald Trump’s announcement about Nvidia chips. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The H200 chips are powerful processors made by Nvidia that help run artificial intelligence programs such as chatbots, machine learning, and data center tasks.
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“We applaud President Trump’s decision to allow America’s chip industry to compete in support of good-paying jobs and manufacturing in America,” an Nvidia spokesperson said. “Offering H200 to approved commercial customers, vetted by the Department of Commerce, strikes a thoughtful balance that is great for America.”
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An Nvidia logo appears on a phone screen near a microchip. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
However, the Chinese Communist Party’s House Select Committee criticized the announcement, describing in a post on X that “China is currently far behind the United States in chips powering the AI race.”
“Because the H200s are far superior to what China can produce domestically, both in capacity and scale, selling these chips to China could help Nvidia overtake America in total computing power,” the commission said Tuesday. “Publicly available analyzes indicate that the H200 offers 32% more processing power and 50% more memory bandwidth than China’s best chip. The CCP will use these highly advanced chips to strengthen its military capabilities and totalitarian surveillance.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is seen during a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“Finally, Nvidia should have no illusions: China will sell its technology, produce it en masse and try to put an end to Nvidia as a competitor,” the committee also said. “That’s China’s playbook and it’s using it in every critical sector.”
