The global AI chip race narrative used to be about U.S. national security, but apparently now it's about tariffs: Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the U.S. government 15% of the revenue they make from sales of high-end AI chips to China in exchange for licenses to sell those chips in the country,

Wedbush said the U.S. deal to allow Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD (AMD) to secure export licenses to sell their AI chips in China "takes down a key barrier of growth in the AI Revolution."

Why Nvidia’s and AMD’s China deal with Trump could backfire. The companies making the most money from the AI boom are the ones selling the processors, such as Nvidia and AMD.