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Deflation Risk in China as Weak Demand Hits Consumer Prices
Deflation Risk in China as Weak Demand Hits Consumer Prices

Official data on Thursday showed factory-gate prices falling for a second straight year in 2024, while consumer prices only rose marginally

Trump May Declare National Economic Crisis For New Tariffs: CNN
Trump May Declare National Economic Crisis For New Tariffs: CNN

Declaring an emergency would allow Trump to build a new tariff programme via the IEEPA law, which authorizes a president to manage imports during a national crisis

Meta Ditches Fact Checking in US Ahead of Trump Taking Office
Meta Ditches Fact Checking in US Ahead of Trump Taking Office

Meta imposes changes for the US market, but will continue its fact-checking programme in places like the European Union that take a more active approach to regulation of tech companies

Can Musk’s Ties With Trump Overcome US Military Ban on CATL?
Tencent and CATL Shares Sink After Listing by US Defence Dept
Tesla Begins Making Battery Megapacks in Shanghai
Australian Law Seeks to Curb Multinational Tax Avoidance – ABC
Millions of China’s State Workers Get Pay Rise to Lift Economy
China Ponders Export Curbs on Lithium Tech, EV Batteries
China Unveils Bond-Funded Initiatives to Boost Sluggish Economy

Fintech: The Big Picture

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