#us-china-relations

#us-china-relations

"We must not allow US companies to sell these vital artificial intelligence (AI) assets to Chinese entities," Representative John Moolenaar stated in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. He emphasized the potential advancement of Chinese AI and military interests through exports of Nvidia H20 GPUs.

The steady drip of revelations about Chinese attacks on US critical infrastructure, businesses, government IT systems, contractors, and perhaps even courts has done little to calm matters. The ongoing threat underscores serious vulnerabilities and necessitates robust protective measures for sensitive data.

Malaysia requires exporters of "high performance AI chips of US origin" to acquire a strategic trade permit before shipping the semiconductors to China, effective immediately.

The US-Vietnam trade deal represents the first full trade pact signed by President Trump with an Asian nation, potentially indicating a template for other Asian accords.

Instead, that's the exact opposite of what happened. Just a day after Lutnick announced a deal had been signed, news broke that Trump is on the cusp of signing executive actions which would dramatically escalate the so-called "AI arms race" with China.

These tariffs represent a new and meaningful cost headwind.

"We're not really carrying DJI drones anymore because of the US-China thing," a store employee told me.

Gold's price correction, after nearing $3,400/oz, reflects shifting market sentiment amid easing trade war fears between the U.S. and China, indicating a technical adjustment.

Helium-3 is an element that nuclear fusion researchers believe is a potential fuel for the creation of unlimited energy that would power the rest of this century and beyond.