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Taiwan to Fine Foxconn After Unauthorised Chinese Investment
Taiwan to Fine Foxconn After Unauthorised Chinese Investment

Foxconn faces disciplinary action from Taiwan's government after it disclosed it was a shareholder of Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup

More Countries Bet on India’s Rupee Settlement Mechanism
More Countries Bet on India’s Rupee Settlement Mechanism

The system has already been used by Russia following the imposition of sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine war

US Blacklists China Firms in AI Chip Sector, Russia Suppliers
US Blacklists China Firms in AI Chip Sector, Russia Suppliers

The US has added dozens of firms to its trade blacklist in a bid to curb China's military, human rights abuses, and block suppliers of the Russian military

US Gets Full Access to Audit Chinese Firms Listed in the US
Hong Kong Crypto Futures ETFs Raise $74m Ahead of Debut
US Set to Put China Chipmaker YMTC on Blacklist
US Fears China Flooding Global Market With Older Chips
SoftBank’s Arm Cannot Sell Cutting-Edge Chip Designs to China
US Chipmakers Selling Advanced Chips to China: ASML Chief
US Lawmakers Announce Bill to Ban China’s TikTok ‘For Good’

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