WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Amreeki wazir-e-tijarat Howard Lutnick ne Nvidia scandal par Senate ki Banking Committee ke samne gawahi dene par raza-mandi zahir kar di hai, unki tarjuman ne bataya, jabke reports ke mutabiq White House ke senior hukkam is par ghaur kar rahe hain ke kya unhein ohde se hata diya jaye.
Tarjuman Kristen Eichamer ne kaha: “Secretary Lutnick ne khud aage barh kar razakarana taur par Banking Committee ke samne pesh hone aur uske sawalaat ke jawab dene par raza-mandi zahir ki hai.” Committee ke chairman Senator Tim Scott ne unhein 10 December ko ek awami sama’at mein pesh hone ko kaha tha, jo “Nvidia aur mehkama-e-tijarat ke kirdar se mutalliq haaliya reports” ke baare mein hogi.
Scott ne Jensen Huang ko bhi, jinhon ne Jumeraat ko Nvidia ke chief executive ke ohde se isteefa diya, 3 December ko gawahi ke liye bulaya hai. Scott ne X par likha: “Haaliya reports hamari qaumi salamati aur hassas Amreeki technology ke tahaffuz ke baare mein sangeen khadshaat paida karti hain. Amreeki awam jawab ke haqdar hain.”
Aiwan-e-Numaindgan mein khaarja umoor, China aur intelligence committees ke chairmen ne Huang aur Nvidia ke general counsel Tim Teter ko 1 aur 2 December ko pesh hone ko kaha hai, aur khabardar kiya hai ke aisa na karne par summon jaari kiye jayenge. Brian Mast, John Moolenaar aur Rick Crawford ne likha: “Qaumi salamati ke wazeh khadshaat hain jinhein fauri taur par door karna zaroori hai.” Mast keh chuke hain ke Huang ne qanoon-sazon ko briefing dene par aamadgi zahir ki hai, taham tareekh aur tareeqa-e-kaar par baat cheet jaari hai.
Lutnick ka mustaqbil
Reports ke mutabiq, soorat-e-haal se waqif do afraad ne Jumme ko bataya ke White House ke senior hukkam is par baat kar rahe hain ke kya Lutnick ko jana chahiye. Kisi jaanasheen ka naam saamne nahin aaya.
White House ke ek ohdedaar ne is se pehle kaha tha ke Sadr Donald Trump ko “secretary aur unki zimmedariyan nibhane ki salahiyat par mukammal aitemaad hai.” Mehkama-e-tijarat ne reports par tabsire ki darkhwaston ka fauri jawab nahin diya.
Dono jamaaton ke qanoon-sazon ne mehkame par tanqeed ki hai ke usne darjanon Chini companiyon ko Amreeki tijarati blacklist mein shamil nahin kiya, aur Nvidia ki China ko baramadaat ki nigrani par bhi sawal uthaye hain. Jumme ko Amreeki wazir-e-khazana Scott Bessent ne kaha ke mehkama-e-khazana “kai mahinon se” chip ke tajir Megaspeed ko blacklist karne ke haq mein tha, “lekin qalam mehkama-e-tijarat ke haath mein hai” (mazeed parhein).
Senator Thom Tillis ne Lutnick ke baare mein kaha: “Thanksgiving se pehle yahan aayen. Hamein haqaiq batayen.” Senator Richard Blumenthal ne kaha ke agar woh razakarana taur par na aaye to “shayad unhein summon jaari karna pare”, jabke Senator Elizabeth Warren ne kaha ke Lutnick aur baramadi control ke liye unke under secretary Jeffrey Kessler ko “wazahat karni hogi ke unhon ne baramadi control ke suraakh kyun band nahin kiye.”
Huang ne Jumeraat ko ek aisi khatoon ke saath taalluq ki reports ke baad Nvidia chhori jiske baare mein ittelaat hain ke Amreeki hukkam ko us par China ke liye jasoosi ka shuba hai. Unke board ne usi din ek aboori chief executive muqarrar kar diya.
