The Trump administration is considering adding several major Chinese semiconductor companies to a U.S. export blacklist, a move that could further escalate tensions with Beijing and complicate ongoing trade negotiations. According to
China has cultivated its monopolistic grip on rare earth minerals and permanent magnets over many decades. In 2010, when China first restricted the flow of rare earths to Japan as an act
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China’s economic playbook is being rewritten in real time. Once known chiefly as the world’s factory, the nation is now reinventing itself as an innovation powerhouse—and doing so at breakneck speed. From
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Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing a major purchase package that includes U.S. pickup trucks, soybeans, and liquefied natural gas, to present to President Donald Trump during trade and security
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The escalating tech war between the United States and China is being closely watched by global powers, but it is Europe that may be paying the highest price. Beijing has recently expanded
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Malaysia’s economy unexpectedly accelerated in the third quarter of 2025, with gross domestic product rising 5.2% year-on-year, according to advance estimates from the Department of Statistics released Friday. The pace of growth
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China’s aggressive move to impose unprecedented export controls on rare-earth minerals has triggered an international response, highlighting the growing friction between Beijing and major global economies, according to Bloomberg. The restrictions, which
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest producer of advanced AI chips, is set to report a 28% increase in third-quarter profit, reaching a record T$417.7 billion ($13.65 billion), driven by
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The global trading system stands at an inflection point. Within a single week, China expanded its export controls on rare earth elements, materials essential to everything from electric vehicles to missile guidance
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The world economy has so far weathered the heaviest barrage of U.S. tariffs since the 1930s, buoyed by resilient consumer spending, corporate absorption of higher costs, and a surge in artificial intelligence-driven
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China said on Friday it will begin charging port fees on all U.S.-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels starting Tuesday, in a direct countermeasure to similar U.S. fees on China-linked ships that
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