Bessent blames US Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chip exports to China
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday blamed the Commerce Department, led by Howard Lutnick, for delaying the blacklisting of Megaspeed, an Nvidia customer suspected of diverting advanced AI chips to China, days before US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet in Shenzhen. Bessent spoke a day after Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as chief executive following reports that he had an affair with Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based...
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- Nov 13, 7:14 PM UTCFirst reportNvidia scandal sparks Washington blame game over China chip exportsasia.nikkei.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 7:14 PM UTC · +0 min
- Nov 13, 8:44 PM UTC+2 h· you’re reading thisBessent blames US Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chip exports to Chinascmp.com ↗
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