Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s third summit of the year with U.S. President Donald Trump is going off script before their meetings even get underway, as the spy allegations engulfing Nvidia’s Jensen Huang reopen old rifts.For years, Huang had been most the prominent U.S. tech executive advocating for greater engagement with China as he lobbied for looser export controls on semiconductors. Now, bombshell accusations he conducted an affair with an alleged Chinese spy are giving lawmakers in Washington ammunition to tighten curbs, days before a major leaders’ summit in the Chinese technology hub of Shenzhen.At stake is a yearlong trade truce between the world’s top economies expiring in January — its renewal hinges, in large part, on the U.S. pausing new restrictions on tech shipments to China. David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, on Wednesday signaled the furor was posing a test to bilateral relations during an already “bumpy” stretch.
Nvidia fallout puts trade truce to the test as Xi welcomes Trump
Accusations Nvidia's Jensen Huang had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy are fueling calls in the U.S. to tighten semiconductor export controls.
In brief
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s third summit of the year with U.S. President Donald Trump is going off script before their meetings even get underway, as the spy allegations engulfing Nvidia’s Jensen Huang reopen old rifts.For years, Huang had been most the prominent U.S. tech executive advocating for greater engagement with China as he lobbied for looser export controls on semiconductors. David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, on Wednesday signaled the furor was posing a test to bilateral relations during an already “bumpy” stretch.
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