# Scoop: Inside Bessent's Situation Room confrontation with Lutnick over China chip security

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2 outlets covering · First listed: Axios, Nov 11, 2026, 9:12 AM · Read it: <https://www.axios.com/2026/11/11/bessent-lutnick-megaspeed-nvidia-china-chips>

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over a failure to place Nvidia customer Megaspeed on a list of companies that pose national security concerns, sources familiar told Axios. Why it matters: The Commerce Department oversees the export of sensitive U.S. technologies and Lutnick's actions — or lack thereof — are increasingly under scrutiny following revelations that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with Megaspeed employee and suspected Chinese spy Alice Huang. Driving the news: At a White House Situation Room meeting on Thursday after the midterm…

## Who's covering it

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- Nov 11, 2026, 9:12 AM: [Scoop: Inside Bessent's Situation Room confrontation with Lutnick over China chip security](<https://www.axios.com/2026/11/11/bessent-lutnick-megaspeed-nvidia-china-chips>) — Axios (Digital news, United States)
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over a failure to place Nvidia customer Megaspeed on a list of companies that pose national security concerns, sources familiar told Axios. Why it matters: The Commerce Department oversees the export of sensitive U.S. technologies and Lutnick's actions — or lack thereof — are increasingly under scrutiny following revelations that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with Megaspeed employee and suspected Chinese spy Alice Huang. Driving the news: At a White House Situation Room meeting on Thursday after the midterm…
- Nov 11, 2026, 9:42 AM: [Bessent vs. Lutnick: Trump Officials Clash Over Nvidia China Chip Probe](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQVTY1TkI4YnpBZ3dFN2JGZEdoRnNLY2NNOHRFN2NSWWQ0MEtlS0dnVFktOGxOYnFSbDFfUy1ZbWlNMHpmNUJhNHFtUVRwRDhJTmtpZXBPek5OQmZMS3hudWNwOWZIZzVLd0JFTjlFQ1VfcXpCYlk5MVIzaWs1WDN5LS1tR2tDcGZyZ0o5cFVUc2VhbzFsdjNsRl9hRmZaWnRh?oc=5>) — Yahoo Finance (Business & finance, United States)
