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Democratic Senator calls on Nvidia CEO to testify on Trump’s greenlight for China chip sales

By Thomson Reuters Dec 11, 2025 | 1:50 PM

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on ‍Thursday called for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick ‌to testify ‌after President Donald Trump announced plans to greenlight sales of Nvidia’s second-most advanced ​AI chip to China.

In a ‍speech ​on the Senate ​floor, she also raised ‍concerns that Trump could potentially muzzle his own Justice Department after it ‍announced a crackdown on a smuggling operation of ‍those ‍same chips, known ​as the ​H200, ⁠to China on ‌the same day Trump announced the policy change.

(Reporting by Alexandra Alper; Editing by Chris ⁠Reese)