--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "f158894ed7605a5878fad5a5bf0fd04503697216b047ed8c325edafc95c31e6e" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/f158894e?lang=en" title: "Scott Bessent Confronts Howard Lutnick Over Alleged Effort to Shield Megaspeed From Trade Blacklist" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-11-11T17:09:00.000Z" category: "Regulation" topics: ["nvidia","regulation"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/geopolitics/howard-lutnick-accused-of-actively-blocking-trade-restrictions-on-nvidia-5084a547","https://x.com/axios/status/2120535941043646555","https://x.com/m_ccuri/status/2120544048410771512","https://x.com/FT/status/2120249421875069271","https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2120545858458734745","https://x.com/GordonJohnson19/status/2120550200909635673","https://x.com/CGasparino/status/2120552040430444929","https://x.com/ChrisRMcGuire/status/2120546410814693883"] summary: "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week over the failure to restrict Megaspeed. Lutnick reportedly stammered when questioned by Bessent about why the firm was not on the entity list." --- # Scott Bessent Confronts Howard Lutnick Over Alleged Effort to Shield Megaspeed From Trade Blacklist > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-11-11T17:09:00.000Z **Category:** Regulation **Topics:** nvidia, regulation ## Summary Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week over the failure to restrict Megaspeed\. Lutnick reportedly stammered when questioned by Bessent about why the firm was not on the entity list\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()