The agreement between the chipmakers and the U.S. government will allow Nvidia and AMD to obtain export licenses to resume sales to China.

The arrangement crafted by the Trump administration is “unusual,” analysts told CNBC, but underscores the transactional nature of the current White House leader.

Nvidia and AMD agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, a U.S. government official has confirmed.