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Scott Bessent says attempt to put Megaspeed on trade blacklist stalled ‘because commerce has the pen’ – US politics live

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Treasury Secretary Bessent revealed his push to blacklist Megaspeed over Nvidia chip exports was blocked by Commerce, while Commerce Secretary Lutnick agreed to testify on his ties to Huang.

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Treasury secretary says he was in favor ‘for months’ of putting Megaspeed on blacklist to stop Nvidia exporting advanced chips to BeijingSign up for the Breaking News US emailAs I noted earlier, the calls for Howard Lutnick to appear before lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been answered.According to several reports, the commerce secretary has “proactively agreed to appear voluntarily” before the Senate banking committee on 10 December to discuss his relationship with former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and any delay in preventing Megaspeed from buying considerable sums of Nvidia’s advanced chips. Continue reading...

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