Executives, investors and engineers are speaking out against the Trump administration after the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in moves reminiscent of Silicon Valley a decade ago.
The tariffs will allow President Trump to take a cut of Nvidia’s chip sales to China while putting off a decision about imposing higher taxes on the chip industry.
Nvidia’s Vera Rubin on display at a company conference in October. The new chip is named for an astronomer whose research supported the existence of dark matter.
The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives.
For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.
President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, in October. Mr. Trump’s latest moves extended the conciliatory posture he struck at this summit.
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