Why Jensen Huang joined Trump’s high-stakes China summit at the last minute

# Summary Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang almost didn't join Trump's last-minute trip to China, which signals confusion in Washington about whether the company's powerful AI chips are actually useful as a bargaining tool—since China is making progress on building its own semiconductor industry anyway. The U.S. has been restricting what advanced chips American companies can sell to China, hoping to slow down China's AI development, but China's chip exports are growing fast, suggesting these restrictions may not be working as intended. Ultimately, Huang was added to the delegation at the last minute, possibly to emphasize America's technological strength in the negotiations.