Chip export controls were not a major topic in Beijing, US Trade Rep Greer says

"“This was not a major topic of discussion at the bilateral meeting,” he said. “We did not talk about chip export controls at the meeting.”"

"China's Ministry of Commerce had spent the days before the summit publicly attacking the MATCH Act, the US legislation that would tighten controls on chipmaking equipment exports and bind the Netherlands and Japan to a 150-day alignment deadline. Beijing's foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian framed it as evidence of Washington's “overstretching of national security” and “malicious blocking and suppression.”"

"Reuters reported separately that Washington cleared sales of Nvidia's H200 AI chips to several major Chinese technology firms shortly after Trump met Xi on Thursday, an administrative move that the export-review regime had been technically capable of since January, when the Trump administration shifted H200 and AMD MI325X reviews from presumption of denial to case-by-case evaluation."

"Greer told Bloomberg that allowing the H200 imports would be a “sovereign decision” for China, a phrasing that puts the political onus for any further purchases on Beijing."

Semiconductor export controls were not a major topic at US-China bilateral meetings in Beijing. Jamieson Greer said the US and China did not discuss chip export controls during the meeting. China’s Ministry of Commerce had criticized the MATCH Act before the summit, describing it as Washington’s national security overreach and malicious suppression. Despite the lack of discussion, the US made a partial commercial concession by clearing Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to several Chinese technology firms after Trump met Xi. The export-review regime had been able to process such approvals since January, when reviews for H200 and AMD MI325X shifted to case-by-case evaluation. Greer characterized the H200 imports as a sovereign decision for China.

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