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arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkU.S. investigates whether DeepSeek smuggled Nvidia AI GPUs via Singaporewww.tomshardware.com@[email protected] to PC [email protected]English • 3 days agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware
minus-squareNomeckslinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-23 days agoYou’re not allowed to buy/resell the hardware to China as an intermediary.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 days agoI get the prevailing idea, and I can understand the reasoning behind it. My question really was trying to ferret out whether it was US laws that were violated, Singaporean laws, the initial trade agreement, or something else.
minus-squareNomeckslinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 days agoThe seller and buyer both violated US export controls, which is against US law.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•22 hours agoWhy does China care about US law though?
You’re not allowed to buy/resell the hardware to China as an intermediary.
I get the prevailing idea, and I can understand the reasoning behind it. My question really was trying to ferret out whether it was US laws that were violated, Singaporean laws, the initial trade agreement, or something else.
The seller and buyer both violated US export controls, which is against US law.
Why does China care about US law though?
They don’t, but that wasn’t your question.
The intermediaries care. This is very obvious.