Huang Renxun’s visit to the White House worked, and the US government began to issue H20 licenses to Nvidia

On August 9, according to the Financial Times, after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Trump at the White House, the U.S. Department of Commerce began to issue a license to Nvidia to export H20 chips to China. In the past few weeks, the U.S. Department of Commerce has delayed issuing this license to Nvidia.

Jen-Hsun Huang meets with Trump to push for license issuance

A U.S. official told the Financial Times that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, which is responsible for export controls, has begun issuing export licenses for H20 chips. Nvidia designed its H20 chip specifically for the Chinese market after the Biden administration imposed export controls on more advanced AI chips.

In mid-July this year, under Huang Renxun’s lobbying, Trump changed his attitude and allowed Nvidia to export H20 chips to China. However, three weeks later, the U.S. government still has not issued this license, which disappointed Nvidia.

Huang Jen-Hsun visited the White House on Wednesday and met with Trump again. Two days later, the U.S. Commerce Department began issuing licenses, according to people familiar with the matter.People familiar with the matter said the U.S. government’s decision to approve the issuance of export licenses was made after Huang Jen-Hsun and Trump met in the Oval Office.

As of press time, Nvidia and the U.S. Department of Commerce declined to comment.