One day after the US government has opened an investigation into the question of whether NVIDIA, the first American flea manufacturerVioled rules with its sales to China, its managing director, Jensen Huang, met Chinese trade officials in Beijing.
Huang had been invited to meet the Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade, a commercial body supported by the State, according to the state media.
The visit was Covered by Chinese state mediaWho indicated that Huang said that American checks on NVIDIA sales in China had a significant impact on business activities. Nvidia, the report said“would continue to save any effort” to make products in accordance with regulations and “will be used without unleashing the Chinese market”.
Mr. Huang went to Beijing for a week when his business relationships with Washington have radically fluctuated.
NVIDIA promised to invest $ 500 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States on Monday. Winning the administration of President Trumpwho called the investment “the Trump effect in action”.
The next day, the company revealed that US officials said it would need a license for any sale in China. The new requirement would force Nvidia to take a $ 5.5 billion in inventory He had already planned to sell in China.