Washington, Nov. 13 -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday faulted the Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for stalling the designation of Nvidia client Megaspeed as a potential national security risk, bringing internal Trump administration friction into the open in the wake of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's departure.

Notably, Megaspeed International is a Singapore-based company that emerged as one of Nvidia's major customers for artificial intelligence chips. Its executive Alice Huang, who is not related to Jensen Huang but had an extramarital relationship with, is suspected by US intelligence officials of having links to Chinese intelligence.

During an interview with CNBC highlighted by CNN, Bessent stated that multiple key agenci...