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China bans dual-use items export to Japan

China has banned exports to Japan of dual-use items that can serve military purposes, reports Caixin. The move comes amid already tense relations between the two countries following the Japanese prime minister’s recent remarks on Taiwan. Exports of such items to Japanese military users and all other end-users that could help strengthen Japanese military power are […]

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China purchases almost 10MN tons US soybeans

China’s state stockpiler Sinograin bought 10 US soybean cargoes this week, reports Reuters citing inside sources. The world’s top buyer is continuing to purchase from the United States following a late October trade truce. The cargoes, totalling around 600,000 metric tons, are for shipment between March and May, the traders said, which is the peak shipping season […]

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Nvidia to begin H200 chip shipments to China in Feb

Nvidia has told Chinese clients it aims to start shipping its second-most powerful AI chips to China reports Reuters citing inside sources. The shipments will likely begin before the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February. The US chipmaker plans to fulfil initial orders from existing stock, with shipments expected to total 5,000 to 10,000 chip modules—equivalent to […]

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US labels Chinese chips as economic threat

The US Trade Representative Office said it had determined that Beijing’s drive for dominance in the semiconductor sector is “unreasonable and discriminatory”, reports the South China Morning Post. It labelled Chinese chips as a direct threat to US commerce. In a formal notice of action filed with the Federal Register, the agency said the US is […]

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China launches trade dispute against India over solar cells and IT goods

China has launched a trade dispute with India over solar cells, solar modules and IT goods, requesting dispute consultations on the matter, reports Reuters. “China said the measures in question include India’s tariff treatment and certain measures that China said are contingent upon the use of domestic inputs and otherwise discriminate against Chinese imports,” the World […]