16 h. ago Pakistan: Mass surveillance and censorship machine is fueled by Chinese, European, Emirati and North American companies

Pakistan: Mass surveillance and censorship machine is fueled by Chinese, European, Emirati and North American companies  Amnesty International

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38 h. ago European automakers confront tariffs, Chinese rivalry at Munich car show

European automakers confront tariffs, Chinese rivalry at Munich car show  Reuters

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5 d. ago Tariff instability and a break with China is hitting American companies hard, and homegrown manufacturer John Deere is no exception

Tariff instability and a break with China is hitting American companies hard, and homegrown manufacturer John Deere is no exception  Fortune

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1 week ago US makes it harder for Samsung, Intel to produce chips in China

The United States is making it more difficult for chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix to produce chips in China by revoking authorisations that allowed the companies to receive American semiconductor manufacturing equipment there, according to the Federal Register. The US Commerce Department had given the companies exemptions to sweeping restrictions created in 2022 on the sale of US semiconductor equipment to China. The companies will now need to obtain licences to buy the equipment for China. The...

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1 week ago Luo Weiwei: the former Nasa scientist who became China’s semiconductor trump card

At a time when the United States is decoupling from China on cutting-edge chip technology, Nvidia has unveiled its list of suppliers for the advanced 800 VDC power architecture powering next-generation AI data centres. Among American and European giants was an unexpected name: Innoscience, a Chinese company specialising in gallium nitride (GaN) technology. Innoscience marks China’s growing clout in the high-stakes semiconductor race, and behind the company’s rapid rise is Luo Weiwei, a former...

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1 week ago Luo Weiwei: former Nasa scientist who became China’s semiconductor trump card

At a time when the United States is decoupling from China on cutting-edge chip technology, Nvidia has unveiled its list of suppliers for the advanced 800 VDC power architecture powering next-generation AI data centres. Among American and European giants was an unexpected name: Innoscience, a Chinese company specialising in gallium nitride (GaN) technology. Innoscience marks China’s growing clout in the high-stakes semiconductor race, and behind the company’s rapid rise is Luo Weiwei, a former...

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2 w. ago How Trump’s China tariffs pushed 2 US retailers to brink of bankruptcy

US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are biting into the income of some American retail-focused companies, with at least two already in bankruptcy court and others forecasting significant losses. Exporters were shouldering a relatively small share of duties on goods sent from China to the US, leaving American firms to absorb the remaining costs or pass them on to consumers, according to minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting on July 29-30, citing the views of...

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2 w. ago Trump’s US$100 million bond purchases in office spark conflict concerns

US President Donald Trump has bought hundreds of bonds since he returned to office, including those sold by American companies affected by the sweeping changes to federal policies he’s championed. The 690 transactions, the first of which was made the day after his inauguration, total at least US$103.7 million, according to a document released by the White House on Tuesday that disclosed the billionaire’s investing activity this year through early August. In addition to municipal bonds issued by...

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