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Mexico’s decision last week to impose tariffs of up to 50 per cent on a wide swath of Chinese and other Asian imports is more than a neighbourhood scuffle. It is a major milestone in President Trump’s trade revolution — and in the postwar international trading system itself.
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Ohio farmers lose $76 million in sales due largely to Trump
Combined with other factors, President Donald Trump’s big tariffs on Chinese goods are costing Ohio farmers and their counterparts in other states heavily, according to a new report. The report shows Ohio farmers lost nearly $76 million of their exports to China this year compared to one year earlier.
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Trump’s chaos is ceding the critical mineral space to China
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is working on legislation to strengthen the U.S. critical mineral supply chain and reduce reliance on China, by creating a tax credit for American companies that
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Gas-loving Trump cedes electric car market to China
Donald Trump is pushing gas guzzlers over EVs — in spite of climate and cost concerns. China is now set to race further ahead into an electrified automotive future.
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Trump’s weakness on China causes rising Pacific fear
China’s increasingly assertive behavior toward Japan has attracted surprisingly little public attention in the United States. By contrast, throughout the Indo-Pacific, Beijing’s renewed “wolf warrior” diplomacy and provocative behavior are again raising anxieties about its regional intentions.
President Donald Trump's AI executive order blocks state regulations to compete with China, but creates regulatory vacuum that could harm Americans without federal guardrails.
President Trump will allow technology giant Nvidia to sell its second-best artificial intelligence chips to China. The move reverses years of policy restrictions and could help push China farther along in the AI race.
A leash only works if the dog agrees to the collar. That’s the gamble behind the White House’s decision to let Nvidia sell its powerful H200 chips to “approved” customers in China—while keeping the truly cutting-edge models off-limits and skimming a 25 percent cut for the U.S. government.
Trump administration's decision to allow NVIDIA chip sales to China sparks concern among lawmakers who worry about giving advanced technology to a key adversary.