White House discussing Howard Lutnick's future as Commerce secretary: Reuters
Lawmakers are pressing for testimony and document preservation as criticism grows over export-control loopholes and unblacklisted Chinese firms, including one that bought $4.8 billion in chips.
- On Thursday, the White House maintained confidence in Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick despite internal discussions about his future, following the spy scandal surrounding Nvidia's now-former CEO Jensen Huang.
- Huang resigned as CEO of Nvidia on Thursday after revelations of an affair with Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed whom U.S. authorities suspect of spying for Beijing.
- Lawmakers including Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Richard Neal demanded answers on Thursday regarding the administration's approval of chip sales to Chinese firms with concerning links to the Chinese government and military.
- Axios reported on Wednesday that Lutnick stalled Trump's crackdown on chip diversion, as the Commerce Department has not posted additions to the trade blacklist since October 2025, the longest stretch in over a decade.
- Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton urged Lutnick on Thursday to ban CXMT from the U.S. market, arguing it poses a growing risk to American economic and military prosperity.
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The Donald Trump administration is considering dismissing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to hold him accountable for the fallout from the Nvidia scandal. The U.S. Congress has called for the appearance of Secretary Lutnick and former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who resigned on the same day. According to a Wall Street Journal report on the 12th (local time),
Informed sources indicated that White House officials are considering the possibility of dismissing the US Secretary of Commerce.
PRESS REVIEW. The Department of Economy has largely failed to control the export of the precious American chips crucial for AI, US newspapers judge. In Congress, Republicans as Democrats are already asking Howard LutnickAux-US, the connection between the boss of the Nvidia empire and a Chinese businesswoman who is said to have been recruited by the secret services of Beijing brings down heads. The first being that of the founder of California's …
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