U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman says Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress

Former NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before the U.S. Congress before Thanksgiving, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said the testimony will be behind closed doors. According to Bloomberg and NBC News, Huang agreed on Wednesday to testify after several senior lawmakers threatened to issue a subpoena; previously, three House Republican lawmakers—Mast, John Moolenaar, and Rick Crawford—sent a letter on November 4 requesting that he appear at hearings of their respective committees; the three lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and the House Intelligence Committee, respectively. Mast told reporters that he and Huang have deep disagreements on export controls, but NVIDIA is very important to the United States and Huang has some very serious questions to answer; he expects the closed-door briefing to be videotaped and transcribed. According to previous reports, Huang was rumored to be involved with a woman suspected of spying for China, and subsequently stepped down as NVIDIA CEO.