Global stocks decline as U.S. imposes ban on Nvidia exports to China

The S&P 500

closed down 0.17% yesterday; the index is down 8.25% year to date.

S&P futures

were trading down 0.68% this morning, pre-opening bell.

Asia-Pacific

markets fell this morning after the U.S. barred Nvidia from shipping its H20 AI chip to China, intensifying the trade war between Washington and Beijing. Semiconductor companies declined more broadly on Trump’s tightened export controls on Nvidia. TSMC and
SK
Hynix, two major Nvidia suppliers, fell by 2.5% and 3.7% respectively.

Asia fell even as China reported better-than-expected economic data on Wednesday. China’s economy grew by 5.4% in the first quarter of the year, ahead of consensus expectations of 5.1%.

Europe

followed suit, with its major indexes trending down in morning trading.

Here’s a snapshot of the action from

Fortune’s CEO Daily

:

The U.S. bond market

could come under further pressure, according to a research note published by JPMorgan’s Joyce Chang and her team. The Trump Administration wants the yield on 10-year Treasuries to fall, in order to make consumer credit cheaper. But the 2025 budget, currently passing through Congress, “raises concerns about fiscal fallout and debt sustainability,” Chang wrote.

“The CBO’s long-term budget outlook suggests that debt levels could reach 214% of GDP by 2054 if tax cuts are made permanent and rates rise by 1%.” Her conclusion is that 10-year Treasuries will remain at a yield of “4.5% or higher” going forward.