7 h. ago Economist says trade tensions with China in 2025 could have lasting impacts on U.S. ag exports

Economist says trade tensions with China in 2025 could have lasting impacts on U.S. ag exports  Brownfield Ag News

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14 h. ago TikTok reaches new US deal; China’s answer to Nvidia’s A100: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. TikTok reaches deal on new US venture with American investor group In a landmark move that ends years of legal and political uncertainty, TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi informed employees that the company has signed a binding agreement to divest its US entity into a joint venture controlled by a consortium of American investors. 2. Chinese team builds optical chip...

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14 h. ago TikTok’s new US deal, China’s answer to Nvidia’s A100: SCMP daily highlights

TikTok’s new US deal, China’s answer to Nvidia’s A100: SCMP daily highlights  South China Morning Post

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15 h. ago China eyes mastery of EUV lithography, bolstering AI chip ambitions, analysts say

China’s reported development of its own extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine to make advanced semiconductors for artificial intelligence and high-performance computer systems could provide a “massive” boost to the country in its tech rivalry with the United States, according to analysts. Scientists at a high-security Shenzhen laboratory earlier this year built “what Washington has spent years trying to prevent”: a prototype EUV lithography machine, according to a Reuters report on...

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16 h. ago Trump says war with Venezuela remains possible, NBC News reports

US President Donald Trump said he was leaving the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table, according to an interview with NBC News published on Friday. “I don’t rule it out, no,” he told NBC News in a phone interview. Trump also said there would be additional seizures of oil tankers near Venezuelan waters, according to the published interview. On Tuesday, Trump ordered a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s latest move to increase...

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16 h. ago Trump leaves war with Venezuela on the table, threatens more seizures, NBC News reports

US President Donald Trump said he was leaving the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table, according to an interview with NBC News published on Friday. “I don’t rule it out, no,” he told NBC News in a phone interview. Trump also said there would be additional seizures of oil tankers near Venezuelan waters, according to the interview. The US seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last week. “If they’re foolish enough to be sailing along, they’ll be sailing along back...

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20 h. ago US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China: sources

US President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a review that could result in the first shipments to China of Nvidia’s H200 chips, five sources said, making good on his pledge to allow the controversial sales. Trump this month said he would allow sales of Nvidia’s H200 chips to China, with the US government collecting a 25 per cent fee, and that the sales would help keep US firms ahead by cutting demand for Chinese-developed chips. The move drew fire from China hawks across the US...

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62 h. ago PLA division’s new leaders, lessons from 2025 trade war: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. PLA division overseeing Taiwan sees newcomers in charge The Chinese military’s Eastern Theatre Command, the division that oversees Taiwan and that has been hit hard in Beijing’s anti-graft campaign, appears to be presided over by two officers who joined the division only recently. 2. Senior US and Chinese defence officials continue ‘military-to-military’...

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64 h. ago Ukraine war: US readies new Russia sanctions if Putin rejects peace deal

The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia’s energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace agreement with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. The US is considering options, such as targeting vessels in Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of tankers used to transport Moscow’s oil, as well as traders who facilitate the transactions, said the people who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private...

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3 d. ago Surviving the shocks: what China and the US learned from 2025’s trade war

It has been a turbulent year for the fraught US-China relationship. In the second story in this new series, we look back at the events of 2025, examining how the trade war tested policymakers and firms, forcing a rethink in business, strategy and supply chains. In April, when US President Donald Trump upended global trade by announcing “reciprocal tariffs” on almost all the country’s trading partners, officials in eastern China’s Ningbo – a national export hub – went on a wartime footing. Across...

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3 d. ago US reported to have seized Chinese cargo, Mexico stands by tariffs: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Testing the waters’? US reported to have seized Chinese cargo bound for Iran The reported US seizure of a ship allegedly carrying Chinese-made dual-use components to Iran might signal Washington was “testing the waters” on reviving an old tactic to pressure Beijing’s ties with its adversaries, but such moves risked breaching international law, analysts...

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3 d. ago US ‘seizes’ Chinese cargo, Mexico stands by tariffs: SCMP daily highlights

US ‘seizes’ Chinese cargo, Mexico stands by tariffs: SCMP daily highlights  South China Morning Post

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4 d. ago What North Korea’s war dead tribute reveals about Kim’s endgame

Kim Jong-un has publicly mourned nine North Korean soldiers killed in Russia, in a rare display of grief analysts say belies a harder message of military solidarity with Moscow and rising expectations of compensation. North Korean state television broadcast scenes of Kim greeting wounded soldiers in wheelchairs and consoling relatives of the fallen during a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang on Friday. The event honoured engineering units that had recently returned from Russia’s western Kursk region,...

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4 d. ago Tokyo’s latest bid to ease tensions with Beijing, Liu Cixin on AI: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Tokyo spells out part position on Taiwan in bid to ease tension with Beijing The Japanese government has spelled out its position on Taiwan – although only in part – based on the 1972 document that normalised diplomatic ties to ease tensions, but insists the Taiwan issue should be resolved “peacefully through dialogue”. 2. Sci-fi writer Liu Cixin on why...

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4 d. ago Japan’s bid to ease tensions with China, Liu Cixin on AI: SCMP daily highlights

Japan’s bid to ease tensions with China, Liu Cixin on AI: SCMP daily highlights  South China Morning Post

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4 d. ago Huawei’s Kirin 9030 processor shows China’s chip progress despite US export curbs: report

Huawei Technologies’ latest Mate 80 series smartphones are powered by an upgraded in-house chip after its foundry partner made improvements to the 7-nanometre node process despite US export restrictions on advanced technology, according to a new report. The Kirin 9030, the processor behind Huawei’s Mate 80 Pro Max, was manufactured by China’s top foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) using the N+3 process, which is a “scaled evolution” of the chipmaker’s previous 7-nm...

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7 d. ago Japan, US defence chiefs discuss radar row; Mexico’s China tariffs: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Japan, US defence chiefs cover radar row and other China tensions in phone call US and Japanese defence chiefs spoke on the phone on Friday about a confrontation between Chinese and Japanese fighter jets over the weekend, with Tokyo saying it did not seek to escalate the tensions. 2. Mexico slaps tariffs of up to 50% on Chinese goods as US trade pact review...

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8 d. ago Trump and Modi have ‘warm’ phone call – but 2025 unlikely to end with a trade deal

Despite a high-level phone call between US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, 2025 is likely to end without the long-promised US-India trade deal, as the “America first” leader continues to stall the agreement while working to cement improved ties with Beijing. The call came just days after Modi hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin. While the Indian Prime Minister described his conversation with Trump as “warm and engaging” in a social media post,...

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8 d. ago China’s fracking potential, Greer signals reset: SCMP daily highlights

China’s fracking potential, Greer signals reset: SCMP daily highlights  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago Brazil forgets the US, focuses on China, and watches Americans suffer with record meat prices: exports skyrocket 41%, and trade with Beijing already totals US$93 billion in 2025 alone.

Brazil forgets the US, focuses on China, and watches Americans suffer with record meat prices: exports skyrocket 41%, and trade with Beijing already totals US$93 billion in 2025 alone.  CPG Click Petróleo e Gás

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