Nvidia AI Chips And U.S. Export Controls: Heightened Compliance Risks For Singapore Businesses

18 Aug 2025

Recent reports indicate over USD 1 billion worth of Nvidia’s advanced AI chips have been smuggled into China notwithstanding robust U.S. export controls, with Southeast Asia emerging as a key intermediary in such supply chains. Given this development, we anticipate that enforcement activities and international cooperation between Singapore and the U.S. will intensify amid increasing geopolitical sensitivities. Singapore-based companies may face heightened scrutiny under both the U.S. export controls regime and Singapore’s domestic laws, including the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995, Strategic Goods (Control) Act 2002, and Penal Code 1871.

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