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The move in August will expand the Foreign Direct Product rule – to bar half a dozen fabs at China's most sophisticated chipmaking firms from receiving exports from many countries
Huawei Technologies had received more than $1 billion in government grants last year, plus government procurement contracts worth around $5 billion, according to a new report
The European Union has denied claims by China that its top diplomat Josep Borrell "attached great importance" to a Sino-Brazilian statement on ending the war in Ukraine
Rocket company is in talks with US and Australian officials on a possible landing and recovery of one of its Starship rockets off Australia
“There is no rethinking at present to support Chinese investments in the country,” Trade Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The launch will be the first by an Indian electric vehicle maker in a country where adoption of clean vehicles is still low
US stock turbulence has thrown a spotlight on tech giants’ valuations amid a recent market pullback
OpenAI has, since 2015, raised more than $11.3 billion in seven rounds of funding, and has big backers like Microsoft and Sequoia, but its costs are also huge
Firms sign an MoU on building and using ammonia-fuelled vessels owned either by COSCO or both firms to cut emissions while shipping minerals
Officials say exports in July were said to have risen by 19% this month from 2023, while an index for industrial production rose by 11.2%
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