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Congressional Democrats oppose NVIDIA's advanced H200 chip sales to China, with lawmakers calling the decision a threat to U.S. military security.
When the Trump administration unveiled its new national security strategy (NSS) last week, many experts noticed one major shift: how it talks – or more importantly, doesn’t talk – about China.
T HE BIG noise in 2025 has been President Donald Trump. Launching a barrage of executive orders, he directed his fire at target after target. With the aid of Elon Musk, he attempted to dismantle the federal bureaucracy. On “Liberation Day” he rewrote the rules of trade. Around the world he imposed peace and threatened war.
President Trump's new national security strategy tempers U.S. support for longstanding allies and recasts U.S. global interests in business terms.
The United States can either accept China’s dominion or will have to deprive China of the thing it needs most to fuel its economy.
A meeting with the president this year helped Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan provide needed U.S. buy-in for the chipmaker.
Add Republican objections to Trump’s China capitulations to the growing realm of defections from leaders of his own party.
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Trump administration’s disjointed approach to China is a national security vulnerability
President Trump’s conflicting approach to China has led to Republican legislation to prevent the Trump administration from liberalizing regulations that limit China’s access to
President Trump announced Monday that he will allow California-based Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 computer chips to "approved customers" in China, a boost to the semiconductor giant whose chips are widely used for artificial intelligence.
The Japanese parliament has approved the nation’s largest defense budget yet, allocating 2 percent of its GDP to military spending two years ahead of schedule, a reflection of the escalating security threats in the region and the increasing pressure from the Trump administration on allies to spend more on their own defense.