The espionage scandal surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is posing an escalating threat to one of the chipmaker’s biggest Washington priorities: stopping new restrictions on its sales to China. Per lawmakers, congressional aides and lobbyists close to the debate, the revelation that Huang had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy has significantly raised the chances that Congress will enact chip export limits this year as part of a must-pass defense package, known as the National Defense Authorization Act.
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