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Seoul Bids to Ease Anger Over Mass Arrests at US Hyundai Plant
Seoul Bids to Ease Anger Over Mass Arrests at US Hyundai Plant

The arrest of 475 workers has sent shockwaves through Seoul, a major US ally that just agreed to invest $350 billion in the US, which said it needs work visas faster or huge projects will face delays

Chinese Tech Giants ‘Want Nvidia Chips’ Despite Beijing Pushback
Chinese Tech Giants ‘Want Nvidia Chips’ Despite Beijing Pushback

Top firms like Alibaba and ByteDance are not only seeking reassurances from Nvidia about their orders for the H20 chips but are also keen to get hold of the chipmaker's new six-times-more-powerful B30A chip

Japan and US ‘Finalising Deal on Lower Auto Tariffs, Other Issues’
Japan and US ‘Finalising Deal on Lower Auto Tariffs, Other Issues’

Allies close to a contract that will lower car tariffs to 15%, while expanding US rice imports and purchases of US-made aircraft, source says

China Markets Sink on Tech Selloff, Talk of Regulatory Curbs
Shell Companies Are ‘Getaway Cars,’ Dirty Money Watchdog Says
Trump Will Ask Supreme Court to Allow Tariffs After Legal Setback
US Ends Chip Waiver For TSMC To Supply Its Chinese Fabs
Chinese Miner Accused of Cover-up of Big Toxic Spill in Africa – AP
India to Overhaul its GST, Slash Levies on Small Cars, Electronics
Indian Billionaire Ambani Plans Huge Reliance Jio IPO in Mid-2026

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