Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has demanded answers from the Commerce Department after conflicting statements by Secretary Howard Lutnick and Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang raised fresh concerns about whether advanced U.S. AI chips are reaching China.
Senator Questions Commerce Department On H200 China Exports
In a letter first reported by CNBC on Friday, Coons pressed Lutnick over comments made during an April 22 Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.
During the hearing, the Commerce Secretary said the U.S. had not allowed Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to be sold to Chinese firms.
“We have not sold them any chips as of yet,” Lutnick told lawmakers.
That statement appeared to conflict with remarks Huang made in March, when the Nvidia CEO said the company had secured approvals from both U.S. and Chinese authorities to sell H200 chips into China.
“Your statements before the committee appear to contradict Huang’s comments,” Coons wrote in his Thursday letter.
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