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An unusual set of political actors are urging the Commerce Department to reverse course on allowing Nvidia to sell its H20 chip to China.

MAGA, Democrats bash AI export controls move

There’s at least one thing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Steve Bannon can agree on.

An unusual set of political actors are urging the Commerce Department to reverse course on allowing Nvidia to sell its H20 chip to China.

Top Democrats, including Schumer, and a group of China hawks, including former GOP national security officials, wrote separate letters to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Monday warning of the risks that come with allowing Beijing to buy the chip. And from the MAGA movement, Bannon complained about the move, saying President Donald Trump is getting “quite enamored” with Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang.

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