WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The Trump administration

is not planning to allow Nvidia ( NVDA ) to sell its most

advanced AI chip, known as the Blackwell, to China right now,

the White House said on Tuesday.

"As for the most advanced chips, the Blackwell chip, that's

not something we're interested in selling to China at this

time," White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said during a

press conference at the White House.

The remarks echoed comments made by President Donald Trump

on Sunday, when he declared that the most advanced chips made by

the world's most valuable company would be reserved for U.S.

companies and kept out of China and other countries.

Questions had swirled about whether Trump would allow

shipments of a scaled-down version of the Blackwell chip to

China since August, when he suggested he might allow such sales.

Trump had hinted he might discuss the chips with Chinese

President Xi Jinping at their summit in South Korea last week,

but ultimately said the topic did not come up.