US-China

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is reportedly in talks with Iluvatar CoreX and Baidu Inc.  (NASDAQ:BIDU) to acquire AI chips.  Iluvatar CoreX is projected to deliver at least 50,000 chips to ByteDance this year, primarily for AI inference tasks, as the company broadens...

Brian Schimpf, CEO of defense tech giant Anduril, has raised concerns about the evolving dynamics of modern warfare and the potential unpreparedness of the U.S. military’s supply chain. At Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference on Monday, Schimpf noted that the U.S. and Israel...

The Pentagon has recently expanded its list of Chinese firms believed to be assisting the Chinese military, with new additions including Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA), Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) and BYD (OTC:BYDDY). The Defense Department on Monday updated its “1260H list,” adding companies...

Rene Haas, CEO of Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM), has voiced doubts over the feasibility of the U.S. imposing restrictions on the export of AI CPU chips to China. In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, Haas expressed that it would be a significant challenge to halt the export of CPUs to...

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping chartered two new bilateral institutions, the U.S.-China Board of Trade and the U.S.-China Board of Investment, as the cornerstones of the bilateral economic agreement reached during Trump’s second state visit to China. Unlike the 20...

SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci says America’s decision to grant China permanent normal trade relations and World Trade Organization membership was a costly strategic miscalculation. Strategic Blindness At The WTO After the U.S. signed a bilateral trade agreement with China in...

Shares of Boeing (NYSE:BA) climbed 3% in Thursday’s pre-market session following Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent‘s indication of a significant increase in orders for the company’s aircraft from China amid President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "...

President Donald Trump‘s ongoing visit to China could potentially unsettle markets if it fails to bring about a breakthrough in the U.S.-Iran war, according to an analyst. Thierry Wizman, global FX and rates strategist at Macquarie Group, told Market Watch on Wednesday that the...

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping began a critical summit in Beijing on Thursday, addressing key issues such as trade, tariffs, Taiwan, and Iran. The crucial meeting between Trump and Xi is scheduled to continue until Friday. Xi Warns Trump On Taiwan Xi stressed the...

In a bid to manage the escalating rivalry in artificial intelligence (AI) between the U.S. and China, both nations are reportedly considering initiating official discussions on the matter. Washington and Beijing are contemplating the inclusion of AI in the agenda for the potential mid-May summit...

ASML Holdings NV (NASDAQ:ASML) CEO Christophe Fouquet addressed the company’s position on export controls and dispelled rumors about reverse-engineering of their machines in China. Fouquet, speaking to Tech Crunch on Tuesday, before the Milken Institute Global Conference, said that...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called upon the nation to step up its efforts in research and innovation. Xi, while addressing a symposium in Shanghai on Thursday, underscored the importance of basic research as the cornerstone of the entire scientific system, reported the South...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed the nation’s first proposed statewide data center moratorium bill Thursday, blocking a construction freeze set to run through Nov. 1, 2027. Mills, a Democrat seeking her party’s nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins, said she would have...

U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer has proposed that allies pay a premium on minerals sourced from a proposed group of reliable trading partners, including Europe, to break China’s dominance. Greer, in an interview with the Financial Times on Wednesday, attributed the Western...

Chinese President Xi Jinping took a veiled dig at Washington during a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday, asserting that the “international order is crumbling into disarray”. In another meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled...