The head of a House of Representatives panel on China told U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that resuming sales of Nvidia's H20 chips to China threatens to advance Beijing's AI capability, stepping up his criticism of the decision and saying the original ban was "the right call.

Nvidia said on Tuesday that it is filing applications with the U.S. government to resume sales of its previously restricted H20 GPU to clients in China. "The U.S. government has assured NVIDIA that licenses will be granted,