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China’s Spat With Japan Derails Bid to Join CPTPP Trade Bloc
China’s Spat With Japan Derails Bid to Join CPTPP Trade Bloc

China's aggressive trade stance against Japan appears to kill any chance it has of joining the CPTPP trade bloc in the near future

Powerful Nvidia Chip May Put Chinese Chipmakers in Choppy Waters
Powerful Nvidia Chip May Put Chinese Chipmakers in Choppy Waters

Chinese chip shares had a volatile day on reports that the US was considering giving Nvidia the green-light to sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China

US Offering Big Money to Nab Southeast Asian Scam Bosses
US Offering Big Money to Nab Southeast Asian Scam Bosses

The Myanmar military has been pushing an allied militia to suppress scam centres by the Thai border, after the US set up a 'Strike Force,' which is offering huge rewards

‘Indonesian Oil’ Surging Into China May Come From Iran: Traders
Malaysia Says It’ll Ban Social Media For Children From 2026
US ‘Likely To Delay’ Chip Tariffs To Keep China Ties Calm
China Ramps up Trade Pressure on Japan Over Taiwan Remark
Dutch Govt Suspends Nexperia Takeover After Talks With China
States Seize $700m Prince Group Assets Amid Hunt for ‘Scam Billionaire’
China Holds ‘Heavy’ Cards in High Stakes Rare Earth Power Play

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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