Senators Warren and Banks Probe Nvidia CEO on Upcoming Trip to People’s Republic of China
Lawmakers request that Huang doesn’t meet with companies that are working with the military or violating U.S. law
“Despite the well-established concern that NVIDIA chips could enable Chinese companies to develop and (...)support Chinese military and intelligence activities, you continue to publicly insist that NVIDIA should be allowed to export these chips to the PRC.”
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Jim Banks (R-Ind.), sent a letter to Jensen Huang, Nvidia President and CEO, concerning his upcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In the letter, the Senators warned that the visit could undermine U.S. export controls and legitimize companies that cooperate closely with the PRC’s military and intelligence services.
“We are worried that your trip to the PRC could legitimize companies that cooperate closely with the Chinese military or involve discussing exploitable gaps in the U.S export controls,” wrote the Senators. “We request that you refrain from meeting with representatives of any companies that are working with the PRC’s military or intelligence establishment, are named on the Entity List, or are suspected to have engaged in activities that undermine export controls."
The Senators continued: “There is a new bipartisan consensus that the hardware powering advanced AI, which includes NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), is of immense strategic importance. If exported freely to the PRC, this hardware could accelerate the PRC’s effort to modernize its military.”
The Senators laid out concerns regarding Nvidia’s efforts to stay in the PRC market could further enable Chinese companies, including DeepSeek, that smuggle sensitive dual-use technology in violation of U.S. law. The letter called attention to Mr. Huang’s last trip to the PRC in April where he met with senior PRC government officials and last month’s announcement of a new R&D center in Shanghai.
The Senators concluded: “We hope you will agree that it would be deeply irresponsible for an American CEO to meet with companies that violate U.S. law and are actively developing military capabilities that could undermine U.S. national security."
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