Leading the sluggish trade performance in January were a 44.5% dive in semiconductor exports and a whopping 31% plunge in sales to China

Samsung’s plans have fanned concern that the world's biggest memory chipmaker intends to draw on its deep pockets to gain market share from smaller peers

The battery-maker aims to produce LFP batteries that can be made at lower cost, but deliver less range than comparable nickel-cobalt electric vehicle batteries