Trump administration split: Lutnick vs cabinet over AI chip export controls
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-11-13
The Trump administration is split over advanced AI chip export controls to China: Axios reports Treasury Secretary Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Lutnick over failing to blacklist Megaspeed, accused of illegally diverting Nvidia chips. Garrison Lovely describes it as "Lutnick versus all the other cabinet secretaries," noting Lutnick, former AI czar David Sacks, and Jensen Huang pushed to loosen controls while others favored tightening — and that restrictions mean little if Commerce refuses to enforce them.
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