The American tech tycoon was on the island ahead of the planned launch of his Starlink internet service

Biden administration scraps a tariff exemption on solar panels and makes it easier for solar projects to get a subsidy for using locally made products - to protect manufacturers in the US

Analysts say they foresee a shift to factories in Mexico, Vietnam or other parts of Southeast Asia, by Chinese carmakers and other firms in a bid to avoid US tariffs; Beijing accuses US of 'bullying'

New measures will affect $18 billion in Chinese imports such as steel and aluminium, 'legacy' chips, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells, cranes and syringes

The package is part of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge to pour all possible resources into winning the "war" in chips

Car exports jumped by 38% year-on-year to 417,000 units in April, after a 39% rise in March; but domestic sales were down nearly 6% from 2023

The United States buys 92% of its high-end edge chips from TSMC, which is a major supplier to Apple and Nvidia

But the head of Singapore’s central bank warned artificial intelligence could help create a new army of cyber criminals

The server chip will likely focus on running AI models, also known as inference, rather than in training AI models, where Nvidia is dominant

The Nikkei jumped by 1.57% on Tuesday, while the Hang Seng dropped 0.5% as investors cashed in on the best performance in six years – a rise over 10 consecutive trading days

Data from exchanges in Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, and South Korea show the largest monthly net outflow since November 2023

People in Vietnam are troubled by Cambodia's plan to expand a canal from Phnom Penh to the Gulf of Thailand amid concern the China-funded project will hit rice-growing in the Mekong Delta