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Ana Swanson

@AnaSwanson

I write about trade and international economics for the New York Times, formerly WaPo. 'A special kind of nerd'

 Washington, D.C.
Joined November 2008
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This is true. Here is the @nytimes story from Oct. 2025: nytimes.com/2025/10/09/techn…
A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips? (Published 2025)

A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips? (Published 2025)

An executive of a Singaporean firm called Megaspeed socialized with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Now the company is being scrutinized by U.S. officials for its ties to China.

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Richard Spencer (@RichardJSpencer) profile pictureRichard Spencer@RichardJSpencer20h
The strangest thing about the whole Jensen Huang story is that it first appeared in virtually every detail over a year ago (in the NYT). In all the time since no-one seems to have cared. Did no-one... notice?
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Bloomberg confirms our reporting today and adds an interesting detail - Nvidia was asking Commerce about Alice Huang’s detention in Singapore
Mackenzie Hawkins (@mackhawk) profile pictureMackenzie Hawkins@mackhawk15h
Before Nvidia's lawyer started emailing BIS staff about their Megaspeed investigation, he called Jeffrey Kessler, who runs BIS. He wanted to know whether BIS was involved in Singapore's recent detention of Alice Huang Nvidia says Teter didn't know of the affair at the time
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Yet another wild turn in the Jensen spy saga:
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New: The Commerce Dept investigation into Megaspeed, the firm led by the Chinese spy who had a relationship with Jensen Huang, was suddenly suspended last year after an interaction between Nvidia and a top Commerce Department official. nytimes.com/2026/11/09/busin…
Commerce Dept. Chip Inquiry Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention (Gift Article)

Commerce Dept. Chip Inquiry Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention (Gift Article)

An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department after a top Nvidia executive reached out to Commerce...

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New: The Commerce Dept investigation into Megaspeed, the firm led by the Chinese spy who had a relationship with Jensen Huang, was suddenly suspended last year after an interaction between Nvidia and a top Commerce Department official. nytimes.com/2026/11/09/busin…
Commerce Dept. Chip Inquiry Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention (Gift Article)

Commerce Dept. Chip Inquiry Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention (Gift Article)

An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department after a top Nvidia executive reached out to Commerce...

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The incident raised questions about what Kessler and Nvidia discussed, and the possibility that those discussions could become their own focus of inquiry. To avoid any compromise, the investigation was transferred to the Justice Dept, which is now conducting a criminal inquiry.
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Read more here nytimes.com/2026/11/09/busin… with @DevlinBarrett
U.S. Commerce Dept. Inquiry Into Megaspeed Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention

U.S. Commerce Dept. Inquiry Into Megaspeed Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention

An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department after a top Nvidia executive reached out to Commerce...

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Nvidia opens investigation into Jensen Huang's relationship with Chinese spy. Remarkable turn in the story overnight in Asia. Wild to think it all started with our reporting a year ago on a suspicious chip importer called Megaspeed: nytimes.com/2025/10/09/techn… nytimes.com/2026/11/08/techn…
A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips? (Published 2025)

A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips? (Published 2025)

An executive of a Singaporean firm called Megaspeed socialized with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Now the company is being scrutinized by U.S. officials for its ties to China.

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Commerce approved a company called New Matrix this year to assemble Nvidia's H200 chips into AI servers. But when the Times visited the site of its listed office, it was mysteriously vacant. People there had no records of this company.
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New: Trump administration cleared Nvidia H200 chips to Chinese firms with empty offices and military ties nytimes.com/2026/11/07/busin…
U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties (Gift Article)

U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties (Gift Article)

The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia’s H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.

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Commerce has approved roughly two dozen firms to buy or handle the H200s, including Baidu, BYD and Tesla Shanghai to buy H200s, though actual sales have been quite limited.
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Commerce says it carefully reviews all licenses for national security risks. Nvidia said that China had strictly limited sales of the H200s but that the sales support American jobs and manufacturing.
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New: Trump administration cleared Nvidia H200 chips to Chinese firms with empty offices and military ties nytimes.com/2026/11/07/busin…
U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties (Gift Article)

U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties (Gift Article)

The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia’s H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.

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Bill Bishop
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U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties nytimes.com/2026/11/07/busin… via @NYTimes The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia’s H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.
U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties

U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties

The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia’s H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.

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President Trump Was Briefed on a Chinese Spy Plot. He Took No Action. nytimes.com/video/admin/1000… via @NYTimes
Video: President Trump Was Briefed on a Chinese Spy Plot. He Took No Action.

Video: President Trump Was Briefed on a Chinese Spy Plot. He Took No Action.

Our trade and international economics reporter, Ana Swanson, unravels how a tech executive in Singapore aided in steering banned Nvidia advanced A.I. chips to China and provided information to the...

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NYT exclusive: Nvidia chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/po…
Nvidia Chief Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot

Nvidia Chief Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot

A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was found to be passing intelligence to Beijing. President Trump was briefed and took no action.

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New big turn in our Singapore chip-smuggling investigations: U.S. officials believe the mysterious business woman seen with Jensen Huang in Taiwan in recent years is a Chinese intelligence asset. Pres. Trump was briefed but took no action. nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/po…
Nvidia Chief Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot

Nvidia Chief Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot

A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was found to be passing intelligence to Beijing. President Trump was briefed and took no action.

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