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Commerce Department outlines grants and loans that have helped entice the Korean tech giant to set up a chip production plant, plus a research facility in Indiana
All existing carbon credits linked to renewable energy projects failed to qualify as per the Core Carbon Principle standards due to concerns over their role in preventing emissions
The plan comes as no surprise considering US officials, such as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, have said Chinese tech presents national security risks
The Donald Trump government has reportedly put a "long" list of "tough" requests before Vietnamese officials as part of tariff talks...
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China Threatens Legal Action Against Anyone Who Shuns Its Chips21 May 2025
Beijing says it will invoke its anti-sanctions law against any individual or organisation that adheres to a recent US warning about Huawei's Ascend chips...
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Beijing Says Latest US Chip Warning Puts Trade Truce at Risk20 May 2025
A war of words on artificial intelligence chips is the latest complication in the frail trade truce reached at between negotiators from China and the US...
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Trump ‘Doesn’t Want’ Apple to Tie-Up With Alibaba AI in China19 May 2025
The White House is reportedly concerned that the tie-up would help a Chinese firm improve its AI abilities and also make Apple more vulnerable to Beijing's censorship and data-sharing laws...
BYD is the first carmaker to assume full responsibility for an autonomous driving feature in China and the world...
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Ford Still Not Getting Enough Rare Earth Magnets From China — WSJ25 Jun 2025
A Ford executive said this week that China’s approval process for rare earth exports was still much slower than what the industry needed...
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China’s BYD Cuts Back on EV Production, Factory Expansions25 Jun 2025
The world's biggest EV-maker is grappling with rising inventory even after offering deep price cuts in China's cut-throat auto market...
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‘National Emergency’: China’s Antimony Blockade Hits Battery Firms18 Jun 2025
China's global exports of antimony are now just a third of the levels seen this time last year...
A rapid increase in global warming and unprecedented climate change threatens the availability of water to chipmakers' copper suppliers, PwC says...
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Samsung Profit Seen Falling Amid Difficulties at New US Chip Plant07 Jul 2025
Korean tech giant, which faces technical, geopolitical and governmental challenges, is expected to announce a significant fall in second profit on Tuesday...
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Judge Says China’s Huawei Must Face Trial on Iran Dealings02 Jul 2025
Huawei faces a trial in the US in May 2026 after a judge found sufficient allegations that it engaged in racketeering, stole trade secrets from six firms and committed bank fraud...
Tokyo and Seoul said on Tuesday they will try to negotiate with the US to soften the impact of higher tariffs, but many other Asian nations face greater challenges...
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Beijing Moves to Prop up Solar Panelmakers Hit Hard by Price War04 Jul 2025
Officials pledged on Thursday to help the photovoltaic industry, as top solar manufacturers have suffered losses amid huge overcapacity and a long price war...
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How China’s New Auto Giants Raced Ahead of The World04 Jul 2025
LONG READ: After copying foreign cars, China’s carmakers scrutinized their engineering and devised faster paths to product launches. Now their production leads the world....
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