Arm and Nvidia have both signalled that they expect the deal to obtain regulatory approval, with Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang insisting that Arm will be unaffected by the trade war because its intellectual property will still be British. "As soon as we explain the rationale of the transaction and our plans, the regulators around the world will realise that these are two complementary companies," Mr Huang said at Arm's developer conference earlier this month. "The two companies being complementary when combined will create new innovations, which is good for the market."