Key Takeaways
Nvidia stunned investors this week after securing approval to resume exporting advanced chips to China.
This is a massive shift in policy that reopens one of the world’s largest AI markets.
The news has triggered fresh debate across the tech and political landscape, and now traders are watching closely to see whether the optimism surrounding the Nvidia China deal can push NVDA back toward its all-time highs when markets open.
For months, Nvidia has forecasted no chip sales to China whatsoever.
Once the trade war between the U.S. and China began, one of the world’s largest markets was effectively voided.
Before the trade war, Nvidia controlled 95% of the entire AI chip market in China.
Absolutely incredible:
Just as everyone counted out US chip sales in China, the market has returned.
For months, Nvidia has been forecasting ZERO chip sales to China.
One of their largest markets in the world was effectively voided overnight when the trade war began.
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— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) December 9, 2025
This all changed on Dec. 8, when President Trump approved the sale of Nvidia’s H200 chip to China.
Nvidia’s official response is that:
We applaud President Trump’s decision to allow America’s chip industry to compete to support high paying jobs and manufacturing in America. Offering H200 to approved commercial customers, vetted by the Department of Commerce, strikes a thoughtful balance that is great for America
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is unhappy with the deal.
Shoe tweeted that the deal occurred after a backroom meeting with Trump and a donation to his ballroom.
Tim Fist also believes that the H200 exports will boost China’s ability to develop and deploy frontier AI models.
Huawei is not planning to make an AI chip that matches the H200 until Q4 2027. But more importantly, China’s manufacturing bottlenecks mean it’ll only reach 1-2% of US production in 2026. So this move is giving China a bunch of advanced AI compute it wouldn’t otherwise have, he stated.
Nevertheless, the NVDA price has jumped pre-market and is nearing its all-time high of $212.
The Nvidia stock price has fallen since its all-time high of $212 at the end of October.
After a 20% price crash, the price has regained its footing and increased over the last two weeks.

Despite the bounce, momentum indicators are bearish.
Adding to the concerns, there is a completed five-wave upward movement (black).
The NVDA chart suggests that despite the positive news, a price crash is more likely than new highs.
The Nvidia China export approval is undeniably bullish from a fundamental standpoint.
It reopens a massive revenue stream the company thought it had lost.
However, with momentum indicators turning bearish and NVDA sitting below major resistance, technical indicators point toward caution rather than celebration.
Either way, Nvidia’s China comeback will remain one of the most closely watched market stories of the month.