American chipmaker Nvidia has shipped "very few" H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to mainland China and Hong Kong, a senior official from the Trump administration told US lawmakers on Tuesday, July 14th, 2026. This marks the initial deliveries since the United States approved such sales.

US President Donald Trump authorized the sale of Nvidia’s H200 chips to China in December 2025. Since then, the Commerce Department has approved around 10 Chinese companies, including Tencent and ByteDance, to purchase these powerful AI processors this year.

"For the American people, the bottom line is very few shipments against licenses for H200s and equivalents have taken place," Jeffrey Kessler, the US Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, stated during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.

These sales represent a significant moment in the ongoing US-China AI competition, as Washington had previously sought to restrict China’s access to advanced American AI chips that could potentially enhance Beijing’s military capabilities.

It is important to note that the Trump administration approved exports of Nvidia’s older-generation H200 chips, while the company’s most advanced Blackwell line remains strictly banned from direct export to China.

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