英伟达间谍丑闻的冲击波正蔓延至商务部，可能让部长霍华德·卢特尼克或该机构其他领导人成为特朗普政府的替罪羊。
The blast radius from Nvidia’s espionage scandal is now spreading to the Commerce Department, potentially setting up Secretary Howard Lutnick or other agency leaders to be the Trump administration’s scapegoats.
近期有报道称，商务部未对新加坡公司Megaspeed采取行动，而该公司正是间谍和芯片走私指控的核心，这加剧了外界对该机构决定允许更多外国芯片销售（尤其是英伟达先进人工智能芯片）的审视。过去24小时内，六名多共和党人要求卢特尼克及其高级副手作出回应——并可能要求其出席国会听证会——解释他们是否将私营科技利益置于国家安全之上。
Recent reports that the Commerce Department failed to take action on Megaspeed, the Singapore-based firm at the center of the spying and chip-smuggling allegations, have intensified scrutiny of the agency’s decisions to allow more foreign chip sales, particularly of Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence chips. Over the past 24 hours, more than half a dozen Republicans have demanded answers — and potentially congressional testimony – from Lutnick and top deputies over whether they put private tech interests above national security.
路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪周三在接受采访时表示：“显而易见的问题是，他为什么选择出售先进芯片？卢特尼克部长需要在上帝和国家面前回答这个问题。如果我是他，我会在今天下午召开新闻发布会，解释发生了什么，以及为什么同意向他们出售芯片，并且我会停止这样做。”
“The obvious question is why did he choose to sell advanced chips?,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said in an interview Wednesday. “Secretary Lutnick needs to answer that in front of God and country. If I were he, I'd call a press conference this afternoon and explain what happened and why he agreed to sell 'em chips, and I would stop doing it."
肯尼迪补充道：“我是说，将会有国会调查。但我认为他不应该等到国会行动。”肯尼迪和其他知名共和党人呼吁卢特尼克解释，尽管美国情报机构曾警告英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋与一名被怀疑为中国资产的Megaspeed高管有染，商务部为何未采取行动阻止Megaspeed购买先进芯片。
“I mean, there will be a congressional investigation,” Kennedy added. “But I don't think he ought to wait on Congress.”Kennedy and other prominent Republicans are calling for Lutnick to explain the agency’s lack of action to block Megaspeed from buying advanced chips, despite U.S. intelligence warnings that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was having an affair with a Megaspeed executive suspected of being a Chinese asset.
这凸显了特朗普政府在这一问题上的深层脆弱性，缘于总统与黄仁勋的亲密关系以及在科技政策上对英伟达掌门人的顺从。这可能迫使商务部进行新的清算，该部门的芯片出口政策已在一年多来遭到两党国家安全鹰派的抨击。
It’s a sign of the Trump administration’s deep vulnerability on the issue, thanks to the president’s chummy relationship with Huang and deference to the Nvidia chief on tech policy. And it could force a new reckoning at the Commerce Department, whose chip export policies have been under fire from national security hawks in both parties for more than a year.
“我认为他反应不够积极，”众议员比尔·海岑加（共和党-密歇根州）周三在接受采访时谈到卢特尼克时表示，并呼吁他在国会作证。
“I don’t think he’s been very responsive,” Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) said of Lutnick in an interview Wednesday, calling on him to testify before Congress.
海岑加表示，工业与安全局（BIS）——即商务部负责监管外国公司黑名单（禁止其获得美国技术）及其他敏感出口限制的机构——对议员们要求就该问题进行简报的请求“反应也不如预期积极”，称这“令人沮丧”。BIS发言人为该局与议员及其助理的沟通工作进行了辩护。
Huizenga said the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Commerce agency known as “BIS” that oversees blacklists of foreign companies barred from U.S. tech and other restrictions on sensitive exports, has also “been less responsive than they should be” to lawmakers’ requests for briefings on the issue, calling it “frustrating.”A spokesperson for BIS defended its outreach to lawmakers and their staff.
“BIS与我们管辖委员会两党议员保持着良好关系，且经常与他们接触，”BIS发言人托马斯·瓦克曼表示。“日程安排的细节最好留给双方办公室工作人员协商。”《纽约时报》本周早些时候报道称，在英伟达总法律顾问要求了解该机构调查情况后，商务部官员将对Megaspeed（美极速）的调查移交给了司法部。
"BIS has a strong relationship with Members of Congress from both parties on our committees of jurisdiction. And we engage with them frequently,” said BIS spokesperson Thomas Wackman. “The details of scheduling are best left to our respective office staff." The New York Times reported earlier this week that Commerce Department officials handed off a probe into Megaspeed to the Justice Department after Nvidia’s general counsel requested information on the agency’s investigation.
《纽约时报》和Axios（Axios新闻网）还报道称，财政部长斯科特·贝森特上周在白宫一次会议上，就该机构未将Megaspeed列入黑名单一事质问卢特尼克。此举本将阻止美国企业在未先获得许可证的情况下向该公司出口敏感产品。
The Times and Axios also reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Lutnick about the agency’s failure to blacklist Megaspeed during a White House meeting last week. Such a move would prevent American firms from shipping sensitive products to the company without first obtaining a license.
周三下午又有新报道称，黄仁勋与一名英伟达员工有过另一段婚外情，董事会正考虑将其免职。英伟达未立即回应置评请求。
And new reports emerged Wednesday afternoon that Huang had another affair with an Nvidia employee and that the board is considering removing him from his post. Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
众议员约翰·莫伦纳尔（共和党-密歇根州），即将卸任的众议院中国共产党问题特别委员会主席，周三在接受采访时表示，他希望商务部及其他特朗普政府官员就近期关于卢特尼克的报道向议员进行简报。
Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), the outgoing chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said in an interview Wednesday that he wants Commerce and other Trump administration officials to brief lawmakers on the recent reports regarding Lutnick.
“我们要彻查此事，真正实现透明化，”这位密歇根州共和党人表示，他希望简报会重点关注中国情报机构影响英伟达的程度，以及这家芯片制造商影响美国国家安全政策优先事项的程度。
“I'd say we want to get to the bottom of the matter and to really have transparency on this,” said the Michigan Republican, who wants the briefing to focus on the extent that both Chinese intelligence influenced Nvidia, and the chipmaker influenced U.S. national security policy priorities.
穆莱纳尔表示，他尚未向白宫请求正式简报，也不会承诺让卢特尼克出席听证会。
Moolenaar said he has not yet requested a formal briefing from the White House, nor would he commit to having Lutnick appear before lawmakers.
据两名知情人士透露，商务部工业与安全局是目前正在与国会山就三项收紧芯片限制的提案进行谈判的政府部门之一，立法者提议将这些提案纳入年度国防授权法案。这两人因未获授权公开谈判细节而要求匿名。
Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security is one of several parts of the administration currently negotiating with the Hill on three proposals to tighten chip restrictions lawmakers have proposed including in the annual defense authorization bill, according to two people close to the process, who were granted anonymity to share details of negotiations.
众议院外交事务委员会主席布赖恩·马斯特（共和党-佛罗里达州）提出了其中一项芯片措施——《人工智能监督法案》，该法案将赋予国会审查向中国及其他对手出售先进人工智能芯片的权力。马斯特周三对记者表示，他呼吁商务部次级部长杰弗里·凯斯勒——工业与安全局局长——提供更多信息，并就英伟达相关问题作出回应。
House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast (R-Fla.) introduced one of the chip measures, the AI Overwatch Act, which would give Congress the power to review sales of advanced AI chips to China and other adversaries. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Mast called on Commerce Undersecretary Jeffrey Kessler, who heads the Bureau of Industry and Security, to provide more information and answer questions surrounding Nvidia.
“在芯片出口政策方面，过去20到22个月里，我和凯斯勒进行了大量来回沟通，”马斯特说。“我们还将进行更多对话。”
“Kessler is somebody that I’ve had a lot of back and forth with over the last 20, 22 months” on chip export policies, Mast said. “We’ll have a lot more conversations.”
其他共和党人不愿对卢特尼克的角色发表看法。当被问及商务部长是否应接受审查时，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊表示，政府“正在调查所有情况”。“在查明事实之前，我不会再作进一步评论，”约翰逊补充道。多位立法者也在加大对黄仁勋本人的施压。
Other Republicans were reluctant to weigh in on Lutnick’s role. Asked whether the Commerce Secretary should face scrutiny, Speaker Mike Johnson said the administration “is looking into all of it.”“I'm not going to comment any further than that until I find some facts,” Johnson added. Several lawmakers are also turning up the pressure on Huang, himself.
穆莱纳尔和马斯特均表示，如果黄仁勋不在周三结束前回应他们关于闭门简报的请求，他们已准备好传唤这位英伟达首席执行官。这两位议员和众议院情报委员会主席里克·克劳福德（共和党-阿肯色州）上周致信黄仁勋，要求他在11月18日出席他们各自委员会的听证会。
Moolenaar and Mast both say they are prepared to subpoena the Nvidia CEO if he doesn’t respond by the end of Wednesday to their request for a closed-door briefing. The two lawmakers and House Intelligence Chair Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) sent Huang a letter last week asking him to appear before their committees on Nov. 18.
“所有三个委员会都有传票权力，所有三个委员会都非常有兴趣彻查此事，并对此保持透明，”穆莱纳尔说。
“All three committees have subpoena power and all three committees have a very serious interest in getting to the bottom of this and having transparency around this,” Moolenaar said.