WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Amreeki wazir-e-khazana Scott Bessent ne Jumma ko mehkama-e-tijarat ko is baat ka zimmedar thehraya ke us ne Singapore ki company Megaspeed ko Amreeki tijarati blacklist mein shamil nahin kiya. Yeh wohi company hai jo us scandal ka markaz hai jis ke baais Jensen Huang ko Nvidia ke chief executive ke ohde se isteefa dena para.
Aik television interview mein Bessent ne kaha ke mehkama-e-khazana, mehkama-e-difa, Amreeki tijarati numainde ka daftar aur mehkama-e-kharja “maheenon se” is company ko blacklist mein daalne ke haami thay. Unhon ne kaha, “Lekin qalam mehkama-e-tijarat ke haath mein hai. Aap ko is ke androoni tareeqa-e-kaar ke baare mein unhi se poochna hoga.”
Mehkama-e-tijarat ki sarbarahi Howard Lutnick kar rahe hain. Washington mein kabina ke aik mehkame ki janib se doosre par khuli tanqeed shaaz-o-naadir hi hoti hai.
Bessent ne kaha ke woh “mayoos” hain kyunke Sadr Donald Trump ne “bilkul wazeh kar diya tha ke China ko H100 se behtar koi Nvidia chip nahin milni chahiye”. Unhon ne kaha, “Koi bhi risao bohat mayoos kun hai kyunke yeh hamari bari companiyon ko nuqsan pohanchata hai aur masnooi zehanat ki daud mein Chiniyon ko bartari deta hai.”
Megaspeed par shubha hai ke woh Junoob Mashriqi Asia mein data centres ke liye Nvidia chips khareed kar Amreeki bar-aamadi pabandiyon se bachte hue unhein China bhejti rahi. Reports ke mutabiq is ne do barson mein 4 arab dollar se zaid maaliyat ki Nvidia chips ka karobar kiya. Is ki sabiq director Alice Huang ko Amreeki reports mein mubayyana Chini intelligence asasa qarar diya gaya hai jin ka Jensen Huang se taluq tha. Dono aapas mein rishtedar nahin, aur Beijing ne jasoosi ke ilzamaat ki tardeed ki hai. China ne Jumma ko Washington ko chips par mazeed sakht pabandiyon se khabardar bhi kiya.
Bessent ne kaha ke is mamle ki coverage mein Huang ki niji zindagi par zaroorat se zyada tawajjo di gayi. Unhon ne kaha, “Asal sawal yeh hona chahiye ke kya Nvidia apne gahak ko janti thi, aur kya Nvidia mein yeh yaqeeni banane ki sanjeeda koshish hui ke koi risao na ho.” Unhon ne mazeed kaha ke company mein jo bhi zimmedar ho use jawabdeh thehraya jana chahiye. Huang band kamre mein arkaan-e-Congress ke sawalon ke jawab dene par raza-mand ho chuke hain.
Fed ko intibah
Isi interview mein Bessent ne Federal Reserve par zor diya ke woh us soorat-e-haal ke jawab mein sharh-e-sood na barhaye jise unhon ne Iran ke saath Amreeki jang ke baais tawanai ki rasad ka jhatka qarar diya. Unhon ne kaha, “Mera khayal hai Fed ko samajhna chahiye ke yeh tawanai ki rasad ka jhatka hai”, aur mazeed kaha ke Amreeki maeeshat bunyadi taur par bohat mazboot hai.
Bessent ne kaha, “Fed ko mustaqbil ki taraf dekhna chahiye, peechhe mur kar nahin. Main Fed ko yeh nahin bataoon ga ke woh kya kare, magar yeh zaroor kahoon ga ke use khule zehen se kaam lena chahiye.”
Fed ne apne guzishta ijlas mein bunyadi sharh-e-sood 3.75 se 4 feesad par barqarar rakhi thi, aur markets tawaqqo kar rahi hain ke 8 aur 9 December ko agle ijlas mein is mein chauthai feesad izafa hoga. Futures par mabni aik tracker ke mutabiq izafe ka imkaan taqreeban 89 feesad hai. Fed ke governor Christopher Waller ne is hafte kaha ke woh December mein chauthai feesad izafe ki himayat karenge, aur agar bunyadi mehngai zyada rahi to nisf feesad izafe par ghaur hona chahiye. Sarif qeematon ke taaza aadad-o-shumar mein mahana 0.4 feesad izafa saamne aaya.
Is dabao ki bari wajah tawanai ki qeematen rahi hain. Amreeka mein aik gallon petrol ki ausat qeemat 3.87 dollar hai, jo aik mah pehle 4.34 dollar thi, magar 28 February ke 2.98 dollar se ab bhi kahin zyada hai, jab Amreeka aur Israel ne pehli baar Iran par hamla kiya tha.
Amreeki sharh-e-sood mein izafa aam taur par dollar ko mazboot karta hai aur taraqqi pazeer maeeshaton ke liye qarz mehnga kar deta hai, jin mein Pakistan bhi shamil hai, jahan hukoomat ne aalami tel ki qeematen kam hone par is hafte teen baar indhan ki qeematen kam ki hain.
