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Around 40 executives joined the 90-minute meeting, the majority from the pharmaceutical sector. Seven foreign companies were invited to speak
ByteDance faces an April 5 deadline to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok or it will face a US ban on national security grounds, but Trump could extend that deadline
Car industry reeling from 25% auto tariff, which will likely to hit Japanese carmakers not producing autos in the US, while companies with factories in Mexico and Canada, will also suffer, analysts say
Analysts have, since last year, been cautioning on a slowdown in Chinese spending on chip equipment
Hanoi will reduce tariffs on LNG and cars from the US, and will allow satellite internet services by Elon Musk’s Starlink, it said today. It has also signed big energy deals with US firms
Dozens of firms helping to develop technology, such as AI and supercomputers for the Chinese military, plus others helping Iran to make drones were added to a US blacklist on Tuesday
Major concessions stem from estimates by officials in Delhi that Trump's reciprocal tariffs would hit 87% of its total exports to the US
DeepSeek has narrowed the AI gap between China and the US and may even be ahead in some sectors, former Google China boss says
Popular support saw a share sale by the Chinese company ramped up and ended with the firm raising $5.5 billion, it said on Tuesday.
Serious opposition to Trump's port docking fees plan could see it drastically altered, while BlackRock's takeover of CK Hutchison is also likely to be chopped in half, analysts say
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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