Trump won't raise Nvidia spy scandal with Xi on China trip, U.S. officials say

President Donald Trump does not plan to raise a suspected Chinese spy's affair with former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his coming trip to China, senior U.S. officials told reporters Friday evening ¹. They said they do not expect the Nvidia situation to affect the trip or to come up in talks between U.S. and Chinese officials ¹.

I don't expect the president to raise it, the Alice Huang issue,

The "Alice Huang issue" is the official's phrase for the alleged spy. She is not related to Jensen Huang ¹.

What the trip includes

Elon Musk will travel with Trump to Shenzhen, China, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, officials said ¹. The White House said earlier Friday that Trump plans a three-way summit there with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin ¹.

The scandal behind the silence

Jensen Huang resigned this week as Nvidia's chief executive after reports that he had an affair with Alice Huang ¹. She was an executive of Megaspeed, a Singapore-based cloud-computing company. U.S. officials are eyeing Megaspeed for possibly helping send billions of dollars' worth of Nvidia chips to China in violation of U.S. restrictions ¹.

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CNBC, citing the New York Times, reported that people briefed on U.S. intelligence say China's Ministry of State Security recruited Alice Huang to gather information on Jensen Huang ³. These are unconfirmed reports from anonymous sources. Megaspeed denies illegally transferring chips to China ³.

Nvidia's board has opened an investigation into whether Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. The company says it has no reason to believe U.S. national security or confidential information was compromised ³.

Questions for Commerce

The scandal has raised questions about whether the Commerce Department has been aggressive enough at blocking advanced chips from reaching China. The department is led by Howard Lutnick, whom CNBC describes as Trump's friend ¹.

NBC News reported on Nov. 9 that the Justice Department asked Commerce to pause its part of an investigation into whether a Nvidia cloud-computing customer smuggled AI chips into China. A person familiar with the matter said the request followed outreach from an Nvidia representative to Commerce investigators ². Nvidia's statement was not included in the visible text of that report ².

Why it matters

The analysis: a president heading into a meeting with Xi has chosen not to press on a case involving alleged Chinese intelligence activity and chips subject to U.S. limits. Officials gave no reason for that choice in the reporting ¹.

What happens next depends on the Nvidia board's investigation and the federal inquiries. The reports do not say when either will finish ²³.

The Record

1. Oct 1, 2025Singapore police opened an investigation into Megaspeed over suspected breaches of domestic law; the exact day in October was not given ³.
2. Nov 9, 2026NBC News reported that the Justice Department asked Commerce to pause its part of the Megaspeed chip investigation ².
3. Nov 13, 2026Senior U.S. officials said Trump does not plan to raise the Nvidia and suspected-spy issue on his China trip ¹.

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Sources

1. CNBC, “Trump doesn't plan to raise Nvidia, spy issue during China trip: U.S. officials” (2026-11-14). cnbc.com/2026/11/13/trump-nvidia-huang-china.html
2. NBC News, “Justice Department took over chip probe after Nvidia contacted federal investigators” (2026-11-09). nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/nvidia-investigation-justice-fbi-
3. CNBC, “What we know so far about Nvidia partner Megaspeed's Asia footprint” (2026-11-12). cnbc.com/2026/11/12/nvidia-megaspeed-alice-huang-jensen-.htm

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