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

First reported by CNBC at Fri 4:00 AM · 11 outlets in all

1. PBS NewsHour47mBessent blames Lutnick's Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chips to ChinaCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has come under increasing scrutiny because of his reportedly close relationship with Jensen Huang.
2. Business Insider(subscription required)54mScott Bessent blames the Commerce Department for not cracking down on Megaspeed"Commerce has the pen," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. "You all will have to ask them about their internal processes."
3. CNN1hBessent Kicks Off a Nvidia Blame Game
4. MS NOW1hBessent points finger at Lutnick as scrutiny over Nvidia chip sales to China intensifiesHoward Lutnick, Trump’s commerce secretary, has agreed to testify before the Senate Banking Committee amid fallout from Nvidia’s spy scandal.
5. AP2hBessent blames Lutnick’s Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chips to China
6. Yahoo News2hBessent points finger at Lutnick over Nvidia chip exports
7. CBS News2hLutnick agrees to testify as Bessent blames him for chip salesCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Dec. 10, according to a U.S. official.
8. NY Post3hTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent points finger at Howard Lutnick, Commerce Department over Nvidia chip scandalTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent blamed the Commerce Department for the Trump administration not acting sooner against a Nvidia customer accused of illegally diverting sensitive AI chips to China.
9. Financial Times(subscription required)4hBessent blames Lutnick’s commerce department for failure to blacklist MegaspeedSalvo from US Treasury secretary risks stoking tensions within Trump administration over Nvidia scandal
10. Guardian6hScott Bessent blames commerce department over delay blacklisting China-linked data company – US politics liveTreasury secretary says he was in favor ‘for months’ of putting Megaspeed on blacklist to stop Nvidia exporting advanced chips to BeijingSign up for the Breaking News US emailIn 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 pretty much every industry …As I noted earlier, the calls for Howard Lutnick to appear before lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been answered.
11. CNBC7hNvidia scandal draws in Commerce Secretary Lutnick, who reportedly agrees to testify about China chip salesCommerce Secretary Lutnick will testify before the Senate Banking Committee following revelations about Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy.