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

1. Axios FIRST 40m ago Scoop: Inside Bessent's Situation Room confrontation with Lutnick over China chip security

   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 Al

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