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# Nvidia AI chip prices double on China black market under US sanctions
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/nvidia-ai-chip-prices-double-on-china-black-market-under-us-sanctions/
- Published: 2026-06-24T16:11:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-24T16:11:30.000Z
- Description: US export controls on advanced semiconductors have created a parallel market where Nvidia’s flagship DGX B300 servers now trade at $1.1M—more than double retail—giving Chinese enterprises and state actors an expensive but available workaround to official restrictions.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-commerce, pricing, supply chain, geopolitical trade

Source: [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/57fcd3ce-464f-4dc2-8ea2-5712d4972c69?accessToken=zwAAAZ-QRWuPktO38lyignxA-dOrGlcGfY7JDc9X%5FNPORk9NwtOOolcS1JcsaQE.MEYCIQD9A3%5FaiQI3TVtoK2Shb0EgtTRJjhqcqjz6AFNaQIJNSwIhAM1E8lqxlcAh3KrFN%5Fmnk1pMnSXAHotG353LQfKo7KNF&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902&ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

US export controls on advanced semiconductors have created a parallel market where Nvidia's flagship DGX B300 servers now trade at $1.1M—more than double retail—giving Chinese enterprises and state actors an expensive but available workaround to official restrictions. This arbitrage opportunity reveals the limits of unilateral export enforcement: sanctioned technology still reaches its highest-value buyers, but now with a 100%+ markup that effectively transfers wealth from Chinese purchasers to grey-market intermediaries rather than blocking access entirely. Chinese AI development isn't throttled by scarcity. It's throttled by cost, which money and state backing can solve.