Amo, Meeks, Kamlager-Dove Demand Answers from Trump Administration Over Advanced AI Chip Exports Amid Reports of Chinese Intelligence Ties

Washington, DC - TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI), and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), demanded answers from Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick over the Trump Administration's approval of advanced AI chip exports , including to companies with concerning links to China and amid alarming reports of potential Chinese intelligence ties to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

In a letter to Secretary Lutnick, Amo, Meeks, and Kamlager-Dove pressed the Department to explain what it knew about the reported connections between Huang and potential Chinese intelligence operatives, when senior officials were informed, and why it continued to permit exports despite the national security risks.

The Members wrote in a letter to the Secretary:

"We call on the Department of Commerce to immediately halt exports of advanced artificial intelligence chips to the People's Republic of China (PRC) amid recent reporting about PRC intelligence activities and of potential PRC access to these critical national security technologies. You cannot claim to be protecting American leadership in artificial intelligence while allowing our most advanced technology to reach a strategic competitor. National security must come before corporate sales targets.

As we previously warned, allowing China to obtain advanced U.S. AI chips puts our national security at risk. These chips power the computing capabilities that will shape the future of artificial intelligence, military modernization, and economic competition. Once these capabilities reach the PRC government or entities acting on its behalf, the consequences could be nearly impossible to reverse.

Considering these alarming reports, the American people must have transparency into what your Department knew, when it knew it, and why it continued to permit these exports.

We hope that the Department did not ignore warnings about a suspected PRC intelligence operation while allowing advanced American technology to flow through companies under scrutiny. If Commerce was not briefed, we need to know why. If it was briefed, we need to know how it responded. And if the Department knowingly permitted these exports despite credible national-security concerns, the American people deserve an explanation."

The full letter can be found here.

Background

In January 2026, Meeks and Amochallenged Secretary Lutnick over President Trump's dangerous decision to loosen export controls and approve the sale of advanced AI chips to China.

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