From CNBC · Dan Mangan · · 1m 30s
Trump skips Nvidia spy scandal at China summit
President Trump will not raise allegations of Chinese espionage involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his meeting with Xi Jinping in Shenzhen.
In brief
President Trump will not raise allegations of Chinese espionage involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his meeting with Xi Jinping in Shenzhen. Trump will not address a Chinese spy scandal involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his China trip, U.S. officials said. Originally reported by CNBC.
Trump avoids Nvidia scandal at China summit
President Donald Trump will not raise allegations of a Chinese intelligence operation involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Shenzhen.
Musk joins Trump on China trip
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, will accompany Trump to Shenzhen for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on November eighteen and nineteen.
Three-way summit planned
The White House said Trump plans to hold a three-way summit in Shenzhen with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Nvidia spy scandal
Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with Alice Huang, a suspected Chinese spy and executive at Megaspeed, a cloud-computing company allegedly involved in diverting restricted Nvidia chips to China.
Officials explain the silence
A U.S. official said the Nvidia situation should not affect the trip and that export controls will not be negotiated with China. National security matters under investigation will not be discussed.
“The situation with Nvidia should not really have any bearing on the trip.”
Why Musk is going
An official said Musk has tremendous business interests in the U.S.-China relationship and is a big part of national security, making him valuable as an advisor to the president.
Here's the gist
Trump will not address a Chinese spy scandal involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his China trip, U.S. officials said.
