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Before a full FSD rollout, Tesla still needs Chinese approval to collect and transfer data that Tesla's cars need to train its driver-assistance features
China tech giants file a suit in a Federal Court in Washington DC, saying the divestment law violates the US Constitution on a number of grounds, such as free speech
US revokes licences that gave chipmakers such as Intel and Qualcomm permission to sell chips to Huawei after China tech giant released an AI-enabled laptop last month
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...
The Chinese government has previously said automakers will have to repay subsidies that they have been found to have claimed improperly...
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BYD to Take ‘Full Responsibility’ For Smart Parking Accidents09 Jul 2025
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...
Nvidia founder Jensen Huang says chip curbs may be counterproductive after US senators urge him to avoid military firms on this trip to China this week...
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Shares of China’s Solar Firms Jump Amid Moves to End Price War10 Jul 2025
Shares of solar panel-makers have soared this week since Beijing said it would end severe discounting that has troubled them for months; polysilicon has also soared....
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Climate Chaos ‘Could Disrupt Half of Global Chipmaking by 2050’08 Jul 2025
A rapid increase in global warming and unprecedented climate change threatens the availability of water to chipmakers' copper suppliers, PwC says...
CEO Elon Musk will open Tesla's first outlet in the world's third largest car market next Tuesday. The EV maker is just opening a showroom initially...
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Boom in Electric Truck Sales Cuts Demand for Diesel in China11 Jul 2025
Sales of trucks that run on new energy are reported to have soared by 175% in the first half of this year...
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Japan, South Korea Desperate to Reduce 25% Tariff by August08 Jul 2025
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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