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Deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars, involving a vast number of advanced AI chips, plus data centres in US, were unveiled in the Middle East this week, despite long-held fears about Gulf nations ties to China
Economists say tariff hikes left lasting damage and even with US levies reduced to 30% China's job market and economic growth took a fair hit
The two countries signed an MoU last week on a lunar research station. Russia's space agency says a nuclear reactor to power the station would be built autonomously by 2035 "without the presence of humans"
President pushes Tim Cook to build iPhone plants in the US; says Delhi offered to drop tariffs on US exports in their push for a trade deal
Huawei, which slumped for several years after being hit with US sanctions, has managed to regain its dominant position in the Chinese smartphone market
Delhi has been keen to do a trade deal with the US but filed notice of a trade dispute with the WTO this week, showing it's unhappy with Trump's 25% tariff on steel and aluminium
For the first time, more countries hold a positive view of China than of the United States. Perception of the US, meanwhile, is now as bad as that of Russia, new survey finds
US senators have introduced a bill to stop batteries being purchased from six Chinese companies, amid concern domestic power grids could be destabilised, after rogue devices were found in Chinese solar power inverters
Analysts say countries in Southeast Asia like Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia, plus Mexico, who are part of the China-plus-one supply chain, will need to make better deals with Washington.
State media have hailed the big tariff cuts agreed with US officials as a result of Beijing's tough countermeasures and negotiating skills; shipping companies expect cargo loads to 'explode' in coming months
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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
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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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