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  "id": 19861985,
  "title": "Bessent blames US Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chip exports to China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/bessent-blames-us-commerce-department-for-not-restricting-nvidia-chip",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-13T20:20:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3374409/bessent-blames-us-commerce-department-not-restricting-nvidia-chip-exports-china"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed frustration on Friday regarding the Commerce Department's delay in implementing export controls on certain Nvidia chips to China. Speaking on CNBC, Bessent stated that the Treasury Department, the departments of State and Defense, and the U.S. Trade Representative have favored adding Megaspeed to an export control list for months. He noted that the Commerce Department, led by Howard Lutnick, is responsible for the matter and holds \"the pen\" regarding internal processes.\n\nBessent's comments follow President Trump's directive that China should not receive Nvidia chips above H100s. The controversy involves Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based company and Nvidia customer suspected of diverting advanced AI chips to China. According to the South China Morning Post, these developments occur just before a scheduled meeting in Shenzhen between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.\n\nThe situation follows the resignation of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. PBS NewsHour reported that Lutnick has faced scrutiny due to a reportedly close relationship with Huang, and that Lutnick had previously resisted placing greater limits on the sale of advanced Nvidia chips to China.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Scoop: Inside Bessent's Situation Room confrontation with Lutnick over China chip security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/scoop-inside-bessents-situation-room-confrontation-with-lutnick-over",
        "published": "2026-11-11T15:45:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: the Commerce Department is finalizing a semiconductor control update that would prevent remote access and chip smuggling into China via data centers (Leo Schwartz/The Information)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/sources-the-commerce-department-is-finalizing-a-semiconductor-control",
        "published": "2026-11-12T03:25:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Lutnick agrees to testify as Bessent blames him for chip sales",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/lutnick-agrees-to-testify-as-bessent-blames-him-for-chip-sales",
        "published": "2026-11-13T15:13:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Technology",
        "title": "Bessent blames Lutnick's Commerce Department for failing to block Megaspeed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/bessent-blames-lutnicks-commerce-department-for-failing-to-block",
        "published": "2026-11-13T15:40:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Bessent blames Lutnick's Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chips to China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/bessent-blames-lutnicks-commerce-department-for-not-restricting",
        "published": "2026-11-13T16:32:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Bessent blames Lutnick's Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chips to China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/bessent-blames-lutnicks-commerce-department-for-not-restricting-19839029",
        "published": "2026-11-13T17:09:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Bessent blames Lutnick's Commerce for not blacklisting Nvidia's chip partner",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/bessent-blames-lutnicks-commerce-for-not-blacklisting-nvidias-chip",
        "published": "2026-11-13T18:41:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Today",
        "title": "Bessent blames Lutnick's Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chip exports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/bessent-blames-lutnicks-commerce-department-for-not-restricting-19862878",
        "published": "2026-11-13T20:50:14.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}