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US Ponders Tariff to Cut ‘Over-Reliance on Top Chips From Taiwan’
US Ponders Tariff to Cut ‘Over-Reliance on Top Chips From Taiwan’

The Trump administration is considering a 25% tariff for chip-related content in imported devices, with 15% rates for electronics from Japan and the EU, sources say.

EU Set to ‘Hit China With 20 Anti-Dumping Probes’ – SCMP
EU Set to ‘Hit China With 20 Anti-Dumping Probes’ – SCMP

Anger is mounting in the European Union over China's "weaponisation" of its trade policies and industrial overcapacity; a flurry of anti-dumping probes looks let to be launched

Trump Signs TikTok Order; Analysts Puzzled by App’s ‘$14bn Value’
Trump Signs TikTok Order; Analysts Puzzled by App’s ‘$14bn Value’

Analysts say not enough information about the deal has been revealed to confirm the app will be secure – and questioned the value the White House has put on the company that will own the app

Dismay Over China’s Emission Cuts Vow, Despite Trump Fiasco
Asian Nations Queuing up to Join World’s Biggest Free Trade Bloc
Subsidies And Homegrown Tech: How China Plans To Rival Stargate
Typhoon Ragasa Lashes Southern China After Killing 17 in Taiwan
Alibaba Shares Jump on Data Centre, AI Plans and the Ma Factor
Australia’s Central Bank Tells ASX to Fix Stock Settlement System
Hong Kong, Guangdong Cities Shut Ahead of Typhoon Ragasa

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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