Why Nvidia and others in Silicon Valley oppose a US ban on Chinese AI

Artificial intelligenceAmerica's tech ecosystem needs open-weight models to drive growth as AI bubble fears growThe Trump administration and tech companies are taking different views of how to respond to the rise of Chinese AI models. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)YIFAN YU and CISSY ZHOUJuly 30, 2026 17:30 JSTPALO ALTO, California/HONG KONG -- As the Trump administration floated the idea of banning Chinese open-weight artificial intelligence models, Silicon Valley protested -- even before China's tech companies and government did.