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Trump doesn’t plan to raise Nvidia, spy issue during China trip: U.S. officials

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The controversy follows revelations of Huang's affair with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive suspected of working as a Chinese spy while facilitating illicit chip shipments. The alleged diversion of restricted technology to China has destabilized Nvidia and raised questions about export enforcement at the Commerce Department under Howard Lutnick. However, American officials confirmed the matter will be entirely excluded from official bilateral agendas during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Elon Musk will join the delegation as discussions prioritize broader geopolitical engagements.

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President Donald Trump does not plan to raise the issue of a suspected Chinese spy having an affair with former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his upcoming trip to China, senior U.S. officials told reporters on Friday evening.

Officials said they do not expect the situation with Nvidia to have any bearing on the trip, and that they do not expect it to figure into any conversations between U.S. officials and the Chinese during the visit.

"I don't expect the president to raise it, the Alice Huang issue," a senior U.S. official, referring to the alleged spy who had an affair with Jensen Huang. The two are not related.

Officials also said that Elon Musk will accompany Trump on the trip to Shenzhen, China, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

The White House earlier Friday said that Trump plans to have a three-way summit while there with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Huang resigned this week as Nvidia's CEO after damning reports that he had an affair with Alice Huang, who was an executive of Megaspeed,…

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