China’s top antitrust regulator has conditionally approved the $35B acquisition of Ansys by Synopsys. The approval by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) was confirmed on Monday, just days after the United States quietly relaxed recent export restrictions on chip design software.

Nvidia ( NVDA -0.46%) plans to resume selling H20 AI chips to China, with assurances from the U.S. administration the goods would get the green light for export licenses, highlighting the thawing tensions between the U.S. and China.

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