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Bessent blames Lutnick’s commerce department over delay blacklisting China-linked data firm – US politics live

Treasury secretary says he was in favor ‘for months’ of putting Megaspeed on blacklist to stop Nvidia exporting advanced chips to Beijing Howard Lutnick under pressure over alleged lack of Nvidia action Sign up for the Breaking News US email In other tech-related news, the Microsoft outage is still going. The longest in the company’s history. My colleagues are covering the latest and how it’s affecting millions and…

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has come under increasing scrutiny because of his reportedly close relationship with Jensen Huang.

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Bessent blames Lutnick's Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chips to China

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has come under increasing scrutiny because of his reportedly close relationship with Jensen Huang.

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