White House discussing Howard Lutnick’s future as commerce secretary, sources say
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Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out amid a spy scandal surrounding Nvidia’s now-former CEO Jensen Huang, two people familiar with the situation said on Thursday. A growing number of lawmakers criticised Lutnick for the administration’s refusal to add dozens of Chinese companies to a key US trade blacklist, and over whether the government was properly overseeing Nvidia’s exports to China. Criticism of Lutnick’s actions...
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- Nov 12, 8:11 PM UTCFirst reportWhite House reportedly discussing Howard Lutnick's future as Commerce secretaryfrance24.com ↗
- Nov 12, 8:41 PM UTC+30 min· you’re reading thisWhite House discussing Howard Lutnick’s future as commerce secretary, sources sayscmp.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 8:41 PM UTC · +30 min
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