Trump backs Nvidia’s Huang over spy allegations, says Xi may raise case

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Donald Trump said he believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's account that Huang did not know a woman accused of espionage was allegedly a Chinese spy. The comments come as the chipmaker's founder faces scrutiny over whether he was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation, and Trump said Xi Jinping may raise the issue.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang had told him he did not know a woman at the centre of espionage allegations was a suspected Chinese spy, and that he believed the technology executive’s account. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he had spoken to Huang earlier in the day, as the chipmaker faces scrutiny over whether its founder was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. “I asked him that question. Did you have any idea...