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Workers in China's manufacturing centres are feeling the impact of tariffs imposed by the US to counter the country's huge industrial overcapacity.
Days after seeking his resignation, the US President ended up praising Tan and saying the meeting was "a very interesting one."
The Trump Administration and China's Commerce Ministry have extended their tariff truce till November 10, giving both sides greater time to discuss concerns about trade and other issues
SK Hynix expects the market for custom-made high bandwidth memory chips to grow to tens of billions of dollars by 2030
"Japan needs a stable coalition.. [or] it's impossible to pursue consistent policies," an LDP heavyweight said, so it was best "to seek a coalition partner under a new leader."
US official says Nvidia and AMD will provide a share of revenue to the government in return for licences to sell advanced chips to China; the deal comes amid a push by Beijing for HBM chips
Lip-Bu Tan targeted over investments and a scandal at his former firm Cadence, found to have sold chip design products to proxies for a military university in China believed to be simulating nuclear explosions
The Japanese car giant's warning is the highest estimate yet of the negative impact that Trump's tariffs will have on a company
The move is part of Trump's efforts to spur manufacturing in the US. There was also news that Apple will invest $100 billion in its home market
US President says additional tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals will be revealed in about a week or so. "People love tariffs," he said in a TV interview
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