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These are tech titans in Beijing with Trump and what they want

EuroNews · · 1048 words · By Anna Desmarais
Tech Sector Geopolitics Corporate Dependency on China US-China Economic Relations
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31 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A delegation of tech executives, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Apple’s Tim Cook, and billionaire Elon Musk, is in Beijing with US President Donald Trump to meet with President Xi Jinping for a summit.”
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Only one web search result mentions Jensen Huang joining a presidential entourage for a China visit. There is no corroboration from other independent news sources in the provided evidence to meet the 'corroborated' threshold.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jenson USA is one of the original online bike shops and has been selling complete bikes, bicycle parts and accessories on the internet since 1996. We offer free shipping on orders over $50.
https://www.jensonusa.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jen-Hsun Huang (Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; Tâi-lô: N̂g Jîn-hun; born February 17, 1963), commonly anglicized as Jensen Huang, is a Taiwanese and American business executive and electrical eng…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Huang
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web search NEUTRAL — On the road, on the job site, or making waves, JENSEN® meets you where you are. Enjoying the great outdoors doesn’t have to mean roughing it. JENSEN brings home entertainment to your home-away-from-ho…
https://jensen-electronics.com/
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“Jensen Huang was born in Taiwan and was sent by his parents to live in the United States when he was nine years old.”
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The Wikipedia entry for Jensen Huang confirms he is a Taiwanese and American business executive, born in Taiwan.
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Download the latest official NVIDIA drivers to enhance your PC gaming experience and run apps faster.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia ... Nvidia Corporation[a] (/ ɛnˈvɪdiə / en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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“Nvidia’s business relationship dates back to 2011, when the company began teaching Chinese university students how to use its Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) software for AI engineering.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Nvidia Wikipedia and official site links that do not mention the specific 2011 CUDA teaching program for Chinese students.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia ... Nvidia Corporation[a] (/ ɛnˈvɪdiə / en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Download the latest official NVIDIA drivers to enhance your PC gaming experience and run apps faster.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/
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“By 2017, Nvidia announced it was supplying chips to many of China’s up-and-coming AI and cloud computing companies, including internet search engine Baidu, cloud provider Tencent, and Alibaba’s cloud computing branch, AliCloud.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm partnerships with Baidu and AliCloud regarding GPUs and deep learning platforms.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia, however, did not reveal the affected products. In September 2008, Nvidia became the subject of a class action lawsuit over the defects, claiming that the faulty GPUs had been incorporated into…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Baidu will make Nvidia’s latest chips, the Volta V100 and Tesla P4 GPUs, available to its cloud computing customers. The companies will work together to tweak Baidu’s PaddlePaddle deep learning platfo…
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/nvidia-baidu-expand-ai-partner…
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web search NEUTRAL — Compared to AWS and Microsoft Azure, AliCloud is still something of a runt, but it’s clear that Hu is looking to change that. He announced plans to hire more than 1,000 new data engineers to help get …
https://siliconangle.com/2016/01/21/nvidia-to-power-alicloud…
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“TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing company in Taiwan, has been building Nvidia’s new chip designs since 1998.”
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While evidence confirms TSMC is a major manufacturer and works with Nvidia, there is no specific mention of the relationship starting in 1998 in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. Headquartered in Hsinchu Science Park, it is one of the world's…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC
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web search NEUTRAL — Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has officially commenced mass production of its groundbreaking 2-nanometer (nm) chips, marking a major technological milestone in semiconductor manufacturing.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/calderhead_tsmc-nvidia-apple-…
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web search NEUTRAL — TSMC already has a fab in nanjing.
https://www.tsmc.com/english/aboutTSMC/TSMC_Fabs
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“But in 2022, former US president Joe Biden imposed export restrictions on two of Nvidia’s most advanced chips, the A100 and H100.”
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Two independent sources confirm that the Biden administration imposed restrictions on the export of A100 and H100 chips to China in October 2022.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Commission stated that Nvidia's acquisition could restrict competitors' access to Arm's products and provide Nvidia with too much internal information on its competitors due to their deals with Ar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — US government informs NVIDIA it has restricted the GeForce RTX giant from exporting A100 and H100 server chips to both China and Russia.
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/88232/us-restricts-nvidia-fro…
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web search NEUTRAL — In October 2022, the Biden Administration announced that it would impose restrictions on the sale of new semiconductors to China, aiming to slow the progress of the Chinese tech sector.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-blackmarket-for-nvidia-h10…
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“Nvidia reported in a tax filing to the US government that year that it expected to make $400 million (€341.7 million) in potential sales to Chinese companies, which could be lost to export restrictions.”
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The provided evidence mentions a 2008 write-down of $200 million and 2026 financial results, but does not contain the specific $400 million tax filing claim regarding 2022 export restrictions.
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web search NEUTRAL — In July 2008, Nvidia took a write-down of approximately $200 million on its first-quarter revenue, after reporting that certain mobile chipsets and GPUs produced by the company had "abnormal failure r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Latest Report Earnings Release 2026. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026. Record quarterly revenue of $68.1 billion, up 20% from Q3 and up 73% from a year ago.
https://investor.nvidia.com/financial-info/financial-reports…
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web search NEUTRAL — In a significant late-stage development, Jensen Huang, President and CEO of Nvidia, has reportedly joined the presidential entourage. While it was previously reported that the semiconductor leader wou…
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/13/trump-china-vis…
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“Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, reportedly said in 2022 that US export restrictions are a “sci-fi hegemony” move”
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The evidence shows Wang Wenbin as a spokesperson, but the provided snippets do not contain the specific quote 'sci-fi hegemony'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Vice Foreign Minister Hua Chunying Delivers Video Remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Annual Academic Conference of the Chinese Society of International Law.Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Rem…
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/
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web search NEUTRAL — Does the foreign ministry have any comment? Wang Wenbin: As we said before, normal law enforcement and security cooperation between China and Solomon Islands, two independent countries, is consistent …
https://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/fyrth/202203/t20220329_1…
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web search NEUTRAL — MOFCOM Spokesperson’s Remarks on Adding Seven EU Entities to the Restricted Namelist. MOFCOM Spokesperson’s Remarks on the EU’s Inclusion of Chinese Companies in Its 20th Package of Sanctions Against …
https://english.mofcom.gov.cn/
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“To comply with the export restrictions, Nvidia developed the H20 chip in 2023, an “AI accelerator” chip that could be sold in China.”
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No evidence was found after searching for the development of the H20 chip in 2023.
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“None of those chips has reached China, according to Nvidia in February.”
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No evidence was found after searching for Nvidia's February statement regarding H20 chips reaching China.
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“Orders for Nvidia’s H20 chip skyrocketed after the debut of DeepSeek, China’s low-cost AI model”
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“This led to an initial restriction of H20 chips by US President Donald Trump in April 2025, then a quiet reversal in July 2025.”
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“During the initial 2025 H20 restrictions, Nvidia reported that it would lose approximately $5.5 billion (€4.7 billion) in sales to China based on its projected revenue.”
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“Last September, Beijing launched an investigation into H20 chips, citing security concerns. This led to an import ban imposed by China”
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“Huang said at the end of 2025 that Nvidia lost all its market share in China, going from an all-time high of 95% down to zero.”
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“Chinese AI companies, including DeepSeek, are building models that can use built-in-China solutions instead of Nvidia, such as Huawei’s “Ascend” chip cluster.”
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“Other companies, including Alibaba and ByteDance, the owners of TikTok, have also started their own chip design businesses.”
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“Apple began its relationship with China in the late 1990s, when the company started looking for a local supply chain in Asia to build its computers”
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“Tim Cook... approached Terry Guo, the founder of Foxconn, a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer, with the idea of manufacturing in China”
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“By 2003, Apple started consolidating most of its manufacturing in China and away from regional offices in Europe and the US”
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“multiple investigations into Apple’s Foxconn factories in the 2010s found that workers were subject to unpaid wages and excessive working hours.”
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“The company’s factories were also described as “labour camps” by roughly 20 Chinese universities”
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“warning President Trump during a 2018 trade war with China that a tough stance on the country could threaten Apple’s position in the country”
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“10 of his 15 requests for tariff exemptions were approved in 2019”
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“then again in 2025, when Apple was spared a 25% tariff on iPhones not manufactured in the United States.”
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“Cook has also poured much of Apple’s money into China, with a $275 billion (€235 billion) deal signed in 2021 to ease regulatory pressure on the company's operations.”
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“Later, in 2025, Cook unveiled plans for a $101 million (€86 million) energy fund”
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“In 2013, the company said it planned to launch its Model S sedan to customers in China through a flagship store in Beijing.”
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“More than half of the almost 5,000 Model S in China were not registered with the Chinese government in 2014”
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“Then the company turned around in 2016, when it tripled sales to over $1 billion (€854 million)”
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“By 2019, Musk launched a $2 billion (€1.7 billion) gigafactory in Shanghai, which has produced over 4 million vehicles as of October 2025.”
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