Secretary of State Marco Rubio used the scandal surrounding the head of Nvidia to weaken his influence on Trump and change the country's policy towards China. The Washington Post.
According to the publication, Jensen Huang was given unprecedented access to Trump and secured his approval to sell artificial intelligence chips to China - this did not sit well with officials who advocate a hard line against China.
Rubio sent the president a letter prepared on the basis of the CIA report on Huang's relationship with the alleged Chinese spy, in which the conclusions were published in more categorical and harsh language. The leak of the letter's content set off a chain of events that culminated in Huang's resignation.
The newspaper notes that this is the end of a years-long struggle between Nvidia and the Washington hardliners who see China as a military and technological threat. Huang's opponents, who call the former leader a "China hawk," see Nvidia's chips as a critical asset in the rivalry between the two countries and a tool the United States must tightly control.
They are now working hard on new restrictions on Beijing's access to defense products, which they want to pass by the end of the year.