Only a few years ago, the Biden administration declared export controls a “new strategic asset” to help the US maintain “as large a lead as possible” over China in advanced technology. President Donald Trump is now upending that approach.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, once apolitical, emerged as a key geopolitical player after US restrictions threatened chip sales to China. Lobbying Trump and navigating Washington, he helped reverse the ban,