US Congress seeks to further limit chip exports to China
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TimesLIVE
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says a consensus is forming in Congress to further limit electronic chip exports to China. The position comes after Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia and espionage suspicions involving his entourage, according to Reuters.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson believes a consensus is emerging in Congress to limit semiconductor exports to China. He said on Thursday that controls on these exports were a major issue and that recent developments could convince more lawmakers, according to Reuters as cited by TimesLIVE.
Three Republican House lawmakers asked Jensen Huang to take part in a closed-door hearing on his alleged relationship with a woman suspected by US authorities of spying for Beijing. Johnson said the Justice Department was examining the matter and that he was reserving personal judgment, while believing that Huang had made the right decision by resigning, according to Reuters as cited by TimesLIVE.
