Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese buyers are acquiring Nvidia Blackwell chips through third-party traders in Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam, circumventing January 2025 US export restrictions. Nvidia disputes the claim, asserting that complex datacenter systems cannot be meaningfully diverted without vendor support and services. The report surfaces practical enforcement gaps in semiconductor export controls at a time when Microsoft and other hyperscalers are publicly lobbying the Trump administration to ease restrictions on China market access.
370 other tracked developments touching the same claims.