Sources: some Trump officials questioned Jensen Huang's push for Trump to allow more chip sales to China, even before his affair with Alice Huang became public
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The combination of export controls and personal entanglements turns CEO advocacy into a national security topic, not just a lobbying one. If your business hinges on US–China tech flows, assume individual executive relationships can become regulatory attack surfaces and build redundancy into your access strategy.
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