This is one of those situations where how the government works is not like your personal life experiences. Nvidia wasn’t some anonymous individual out of hundre

This is one of those situations where how the government works is not like your personal life experiences. Nvidia wasn’t some anonymous individual out of hundreds of millions subjected to a capricious law. They were the direct target of the law, and almost certainly had a seat at the table when it was written. I’m sure it wasn’t what they wanted, but they certainly had to know what the intent was, including backroom, private conversations. They thought the government wouldn’t dare stop them. The government called their bluff.