Beijing plans to restrict access to Nvidia’s advanced H200 chips, even though U.S. President Donald Trump approved their export to China, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Regulators in Beijing have been discussing ways to permit limited access to the H200, Nvidia’s second-best generation of artificial intelligence chips, according to the report.

Hurdle For U.S.

Such a move would add a hurdle to Nvidia and other top U.S. chipmakers’ ability to address the China market, after Trump’s Monday announcement appeared to settle a debate over whether these companies should keep their global lead by selling AI chips to China or withhold shipments.

Nvidia shares, which had risen as much as 2% in premarket trading, pared gains after the report and we

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