Nvidia on Tuesday notified regulators that it expects a $5.5 billion hit this quarter due to a new US licensing requirement on the primary chip it can legally sell in China. US officials last week told Nvidia it must obtain licenses to export its H20 chips to China because of concerns they may be used in supercomputers there,

The restrictions are the first major limits the Trump administration has put on semiconductor sales outside the United States, toughening rules created by the Biden administration.

LONDON: European and Asian stock markets mostly retreated on Wednesday (Apr 16) after the United States government imposed restrictions on exports of a key Nvidia chip to China, the latest trade