Commerce Secretary Lutnick reportedly defying Trump's orders on AI chip export controls
Original title: Stunning report. At this point it seems like Howard Lutnick and Jeff Kessler are just outright defyi…
Citing an Axios scoop, the author says President Trump ordered a crackdown on companies diverting Nvidia's advanced AI chips to China via Southeast Asia three separate times, but Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reportedly not acted. He calls it a breakdown inside the administration on a major national security issue and says Congress will likely investigate.
The author lays out reporting details of a president ordering enforcement three times without action by the Commerce Secretary, giving readers a view into internal rifts over US AI chip export controls.
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