alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agoU.S. investigates whether DeepSeek smuggled Nvidia AI GPUs via Singaporewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down16
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkU.S. investigates whether DeepSeek smuggled Nvidia AI GPUs via Singaporewww.tomshardware.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoYou’re not allowed to buy/resell the hardware to China as an intermediary.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months 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-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThe seller and buyer both violated US export controls, which is against US law.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoWhy does China care about US law though?
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThe intermediaries care. This is very obvious.
minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThey don’t, but that wasn’t your question.
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?
The intermediaries care. This is very obvious.
They don’t, but that wasn’t your question.