FBI and intelligence chiefs say Chinese ownership of the app is a worry; some lawmakers think the bill will be approved, but the Senate's position is unclear

Advanced Micro Devices applied for a licence to sell similar laptop chips after Biden took office but never received a response, it says

While pledging billion-dollar investments in Manila, Raimondo said the US was constantly looking at ways to expand chip curbs against China and restrict its tech progress

Former US president looks to have softened his position on TikTok, saying a bill to force the Chinese tech giant to divest its US operations would boost Facebook, which he also dislikes

‘Document 79’ has only been seen by Beijing’s highest-ranking officials and is said to require state-owned operations to get rid of foreign software by 2027

US lawmakers say cellular modems were found installed on cranes made by China's Shanghai Zhenhua, but the company says its cranes pose no security risk to any ports

Washington is also pushing the Netherlands to stop ASML from maintaining and servicing equipment it sold to China before the Dutch chip export curbs came into effect

The US Justice Department also said the bill forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok would put the government in a stronger legal position than if the app was simply banned

TikTok and US representatives took shots at each other over everything from whether a new bill calls for a ban on the app to whether the ByteDance-backed firm should call on its users to push back against it

The employee, a Chinese national, stole details about chips and software that helps power a supercomputer "capable of executing at the cutting edge of machine learning and AI technology"

Wang Yi said Washington’s unrelenting trade curbs have come despite Biden and Xi pledging to work closer to find common ground

Exports for January-February were up 7.1%, while imports also rose by 3.5%, but analysts said the figures stemmed from the low trade data in the same months in 2023