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Ex-Commerce Secretary Lutnick accused of delaying China chip sanctions

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Former Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick allegedly directed the Commerce Department to delay adding a Chinese company, Megaspeed, to the Entity List for over a year. This company, linked to Alice Huang, is accused of illicitly obtaining at least $7.8 billion worth of AI Nvidia chips. The delay occurred despite alleged connections between Megaspeed and Nvidia's former CEO, Jenson Huang. AI

IMPACT Allegations of illicit AI chip diversion highlight potential vulnerabilities in export controls and supply chain security.

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post discussing alleged actions by a former government official and a company, rather than a primary news report or official statement.

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Ex-Commerce Secretary Lutnick accused of delaying China chip sanctions

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Why did # Trump 's # CommerceSecretary # GOPedo # HowardLutnick direct the # CommerceDepartment to sandbag adding a single company to its Entity List for more t

    Why did # Trump 's # CommerceSecretary # GOPedo # HowardLutnick direct the # CommerceDepartment to sandbag adding a single company to its Entity List for more than a year? Especially # Chinese spy # AliceHuang 's company # Megaspeed that per Trump's administration siphoned at lea…

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