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No Tariff Deal With US Till After June 3 Election, South Korea Says
No Tariff Deal With US Till After June 3 Election, South Korea Says

Working groups will discuss key issues in new trade talks, but Seoul must hold an election before it can make commitments on big energy projects and defence costs

China’s Huawei ‘Hoping Its New AI Chip Can Outpower Nvidia’
China’s Huawei ‘Hoping Its New AI Chip Can Outpower Nvidia’

Huawei has approached some Chinese tech companies about testing the technical feasibility of its new chip, the Ascend 910D

Apple Will Shift Production of US iPhones to India, FT Says
Apple Will Shift Production of US iPhones to India, FT Says

US tech giant will have to ramp up manufacturing in India to avoid tariffs on the 60-plus million iPhones it sells in the US

Tariffs Must be Scrapped if US Truly Wants a Trade Fix: China
US Lawmakers Target Three China Telcos Over Security Concerns
Chinese Exporters Slow to Switch to ‘Weak’ Domestic Market
China Follows US Playbook in Rare Earth Crackdown; Tesla Hit
China Mocks Trump’s Turnaround: ‘Tariffs to Drop Substantially’
‘Underground’ Banking System Set up For China-Russia Trade
World Faces ‘Significant Slowdown’ From US Tariffs, IMF Says

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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