Jen-Hsun Huang once proudly "convinced Trump" to sell chips to China! BBC editor-in-chief reveals the inside story of the interview

Huang Renxun once advocated that allowing countries including China to use American technology would benefit the United States, and believed that related AI computing technology should not be regarded as a national security issue. (AFP file photo)

[Compiled by Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive Report] NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has actively lobbied the United States to relax restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Faisal Islam, the economics editor of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), recently wrote an article reviewing the process of interviewing Huang Jen-Hsun in 2025, revealing how he explained his position on the export of chips to China to US President Trump at that time, and frankly believed that he had successfully persuaded Trump.

Islam published an article on the BBC Chinese website and pointed out that this exclusive interview was conducted during Trump’s visit to the UK in September 2025. At that time, Huang Renxun was lobbying the Trump administration to relax chip export controls to China, especially Huida H200 chips. He told the BBC that the United States hopes to win in the technological competition, and China also holds the same goal, but the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive because the progress of human society is not a zero-sum game.

Huang Renxun argued at the time that it would be more beneficial to the United States to allow countries, including China, to rely on the U.S. technology system. He also mentioned that Trump is very clear about the idea that this type of computing technology "is not a national security issue."

When it comes to military applications, Huang Jen-Hsun said that any military is smart enough to know that military systems should be built with indigenous technology rather than relying on the technology of potential opponents. He used this to explain that he does not believe that restricting the export of relevant chips is a necessary means to safeguard U.S. national security.

Islam pointed out in the article that Huang Renxun was one of the few business leaders who was able to meet with Trump at the White House and then with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing a few days later; Huang Renxun also revealed to the BBC at the time that he believed he had successfully persuaded Trump to accept his arguments.