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Scott Bessent hints at discord between treasury and commerce department over chip exports – US politics live

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Internal US government conflict over chip export controls and a Commerce Secretary's congressional testimony highlight significant political and regulatory tensions regarding Nvidia and China.

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Treasury secretary says he was in favor ‘for months’ of putting Megaspeed on blacklist to stop Nvidia exporting advance 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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