Nvidia (NVDA) stock is in full focus today after CEO Jensen Huang issued a strong statement on an important tech policy matter. Investors have harbored plenty of questions since the year began, as the new presidential administration has considered what its agenda will be on artificial intelligence (AI).

Nvidia Corp. chief Jensen Huang blasted the “failure” of US restrictions intended to contain China’s technological ascent, calling on the White House to lower barriers to AI chip sales before American firms cede that market to up-and-coming rivals such as Huawei Technologies Co.

The now-scrapped rule would have limited the number of advanced artificial intelligence chips NVIDIA could sell to certain countries.