# 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.
- Title: Trump skips Nvidia spy scandal at China summit · CNBC
- Summary: President Trump will not raise allegations of Chinese espionage involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his meeting with Xi Jinping in Shenzhen.
- Keywords: donald trump, xi jinping, jensen huang, nvidia, china, elon musk, asia-pacific economic cooperation summit, chinese espionage, export controls, CNBC
- Source: CNBC — https://cnbc.com/2026/11/13/trump-nvidia-huang-china.html
- Author: Dan Mangan
- Published: 2026-11-14T00:11:27+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: donald trump, xi jinping, jensen huang, nvidia, china, elon musk, asia-pacific economic cooperation summit, chinese espionage, export controls, business, finance
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Trump will not address a Chinese spy scandal involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his China trip, U.S. officials said.