{"id":"n_dr32eakdqlazy2nddgea","seq":10429705,"kind":"article","title":"White House discussing Howard Lutnick’s future as commerce secretary, sources say","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3374266/white-house-discussing-howard-lutnicks-future-commerce-secretary-sources-say","summary":"Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out amid a spy scandal surrounding Nvidia’s now-former CEO Jensen Huang, two people familiar with the situation said on Thursday. A growing number of lawmakers criticised Lutnick for the administration’s refusal to add dozens of Chinese companies to a key US trade blacklist, and over whether the government was properly overseeing Nvidia’s exports to China. Criticism ‌of…","published":"2026-11-12T20:19:33Z","seen":"2026-11-12T20:22:20Z","lang":"en","country":"CN","source":{"id":"kite-scmp-com-eac487","name":"scmp.com","domain":"scmp.com"},"via":"kite-scmp-com-eac487","topics":["asia"],"authors":["author","Reuters"],"image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/11/13/7a39a5d0-2894-4f42-b75d-5aad2ae909eb_cee3e745.jpg?itok=uubLfILy&v=1794514667","story":"st_kisv43tsoejjtg2733ya","category":"politics","category_p":0.5,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.04,"political":0.9}