Lutnick joins Trump on China trip despite Bessent clash over Nvidia chip export enforcement

Semafor reports Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is expected to join President Trump on Air Force One to China this week, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted him in the Situation Room for failing to blacklist Megaspeed. Bessent told colleagues Treasury 'has been pushing for this for months' but Commerce 'has the pen,' and a White House source quipped Lutnick 'has nine lives' as his inclusion signals Trump wants to retain him through the APEC summit.