UK The Short Answer
TAA-designated countries include the United States and a defined list of trade partners: WTO Government Procurement Agreement members such as the EU, UK, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus free-trade-agreement partners. Major manufacturing countries including China and Vietnam are not designated, so products made there are generally not TAA compliant.
How the List Is Defined
The designated-countries list lives in the Federal Acquisition Regulation and draws on the WTO Government Procurement Agreement, US free-trade agreements, the Caribbean Basin programme, and least-developed countries. It changes over time, so a live procurement should be checked against the list in force.
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Taiwan A WTO GPA party and a designated country, so Taiwan-made hardware generally qualifies.
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China Not designated; China-made products do not qualify as TAA compliant.
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Vietnam Not a designated country; Vietnam-made products generally do not qualify.
What This Means for NVIDIA Jetson
NVIDIA manufactures Jetson modules across the US, Taiwan, Vietnam, and China. The US and Taiwan-made part numbers are the compliant ones; the determination comes down to the specific part number and its country of manufacture.