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Raimondo Spurs Some Progress With China But Chips Off The Menu
Raimondo Spurs Some Progress With China But Chips Off The Menu

US Commerce Minister meets counterpart Wang Wentao in Beijing, notes that 99% of their $700bn in bilateral trade does not involve national security; vows to be 'direct, open, practical'

Raimondo Begins China Visit But ‘Won’t Negotiate’ Chip Curbs
Raimondo Begins China Visit But ‘Won’t Negotiate’ Chip Curbs

The US commerce secretary said she would tell Chinese officials, "when it comes to national security we don't negotiate. We don't give concessions. We don't compromise"

Hang Seng and Nikkei Fall as Asian Stocks, Currencies Slide
Hang Seng and Nikkei Fall as Asian Stocks, Currencies Slide

Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumped by over 2%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and South Korea’s KOSPI were down 2% and 0.7%, amid fears of more hawkish signals from the Fed later today

Raimondo Heading to China for Talks as Bilateral Trade Plunges
Arizona Workers Say Building TSMC Factory ‘Worst Job Ever’ – BI
Contentious China-US Science Deal May Get 6-Month Extension
Nikkei and Hang  Seng Lifted by Nvidia’s Bullish Outlook
China Offering Millions to Foreign-Trained Chip, Tech Talents
SoftBank’s Arm Stresses China ‘Risks’ in $60bn US IPO Filing
Russian Spacecraft Luna-25 Crashes on The Moon

Fintech: The Big Picture

ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

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