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White House reportedly discussing Howard Lutnick's future as Commerce secretary

Senior White House officials are discussing whether ​Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out in the wake of the spy scandal surrounding Nvidia's now ​former ‌CEO Jensen Huang, two people familiar ⁠with the situation told Reuters on Thursday.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 12, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC

In June, Reuters reported that the Trump administration had held ⁠off from adding China’s AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT and more than 100 other companies flagged as national security risks to a trade blacklist.

FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from Los Angeles.

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