Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the APEC CEO summit on October 31, 2025 in Gyeongju, South Korea. Ezra Acayan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang doesn't buy the national security concerns over his firm selling its most advanced semiconductors to China, claiming collaboration is in everyone's best interest. Speaking to reporters in South Korea, Huang said he will keep campaigning for access to the Chinese market and is "optimistic" the country will continue to want U.S. chips as it positions itself as an AI leader. "The way to think about the China market is, it's a singular, vital, important, dynamic market, and nobody can replace that," he said. "It's in the best interest of America to serve that China market. It's in the best interest of China to have the American technology company bring ... technology to the China market ... It's in the best interest of both countries, and I hope that policymakers will ultimately come to that conclusion." watch now His comments come amid U.S. export curbs that restrict Chinese firms from buying advanced semiconductors used in the development of AI. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had discussed the export of Nvidia chips with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the leaders met, but the discussions did not cover the most advanced Blackwell graphics processing units. "I said that's really between [China] and Nvidia, but we're sort of the arbitrator," Trump said after the meeting. The U.S. says its chip curbs are designed to restrict both China's "access to the technologies and ability to produce advanced chips" and curtail its access to "related computing and AI applications." But Huang indicated these concerns are misplaced. "China makes plenty of AI chips themselves, and the Chinese military surely have plenty of access to chips that are created in China. So, whatever national security concerns, have to take into consideration the fact that China has blocked H20 [an Nvidia chip] and, so, in a lot of ways, China is saying that, 'listen, we have plenty of AI technology ourselves'," Huang told CNBC's Eunice Yoon on Friday. watch now "And so the national security concern, from that perspective, I think, is really answered by the fact that China doesn't want H20 or any American chips." 'Foolish to underestimate Huawei'