Commerce Department Faces Scrutiny Over Chinese Firms Handling Nvidia Chips

The Commerce Department is facing questions over Chinese firms handling Nvidia chips, while cabinet officials and U.S. intelligence agencies have raised national-security concerns and the department faces pressure over delayed export controls. The scrutiny puts the department’s approach to chip access and export enforcement in focus.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had earlier held back proposed restrictions on Nvidia sales to China. That pause became part of an administration dispute over export-control enforcement.