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Wyden and Neal ask Commerce to keep records on Nvidia AI chip sales to China

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Source: US Senate Committee on FinanceAlso reported by House Ways and Means Committee Democrats, Unite.AI

Ron Wyden and Richard Neal, the ranking Democrats on the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees, asked the Commerce Department to preserve all records on a scheme to sell advanced Nvidia AI chips to Chinese companies with links to the government and military. Under the scheme as the committees’ release describes it, chips made in Taiwan would be imported for a security review under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, paying a 25% tariff, before Commerce grants an export licence. The release cites press reports that former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a relationship with an alleged Chinese intelligence asset and that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Donald Trump were briefed on it, and says Nvidia and Huang donated at least $26 million to Trump’s projects.

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Wyden and Neal asked Commerce to preserve its records on the Section 232 semiconductor investigation, Nvidia’s export licence applications and its communications with Nvidia and Huang.

When
12 Nov 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0884
Who
Senate Finance Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, Department of Commerce, Nvidia; Ron Wyden, Richard Neal, Jensen Huang

Summary written with AI by wheresthe.ai, from US Senate Committee on Finance and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 12 Nov 2026.

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WTA-N-2026-0884: “Wyden and Neal ask Commerce to keep records on Nvidia AI chip sales to China.” wheresthe.ai, 12 Nov 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-wyden-and-neal-ask-commerce-to-keep-nvidia-china-chip-records-2026-11/ (source: US Senate Committee on Finance).

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