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Smoke was initially seen rising from a deck loaded with electric vehicles, the ship's owner said, after it left Yantai port in China. EV fires on ships are tough to extinguish due to the heat generated and risk of reignition
A licensing system set up by China for exports of rare earth magnets gives it leverage similar to America's chip export controls because of its near-monopoly on the sector.
China has introduced a tracking system for rare-earth magnets; producers have to submit details online on trading volumes and client names, as it looks to curb access
China's failure to lift export curbs on critical minerals, as promised in Geneva, has heightened concerns by carmakers and other firms that rely on rare earths
South Korea’s newly elected leader President Lee Jae-myung is not looking for an early trade deal with the US
Tesla's EV sales also continued to plummet across much of Europe last month, as its aging model lineup and CEO Elon Musk's political activities deterred buyers
The trade war truce negotiated in Geneva is hanging by a thread, amid reports that China reneged on its agreement to ease export controls imposed on critical minerals.
China's decision to suspend exports of critical minerals and magnets has upended supply chains to carmakers, aerospace manufacturers, chip firms and military contractors
The Donald Trump government has reportedly put a "long" list of "tough" requests before Vietnamese officials as part of tariff talks
The phone "silently captured a screenshot every 5 minutes, storing images in a hidden folder users could not access," so officials could monitor their activity.
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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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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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