Trump officials worry US loophole let Chinese firms buy Nvidia Blackwell chips

Trump officials have spent the past week embroiled in a remarkable argument — over what, exactly, their China tech policy has been for the past year, Bloomberg reported. 

The debate concerns whether the Trump administration narrowed the scope of US restrictions on China’s tech sector far more than intended or publicly acknowledged, according to people familiar with the matter. 

The potential loopholes may have allowed Chinese companies like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to legally buy servers with Nvidia Corp.’s most advanced AI chips in most countries outside of China itself, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are confidential.