US President Donald Trump has blocked US photonics firm HieFo Corp’s $3 million acquisition of assets in New Jersey-based aerospace and defense specialist Emcore, citing national security and China-related concerns, reports Reuters. In an order released by the White House, Trump said HieFo was “controlled by a citizen of the People’s Republic of China” and that its 2024 acquisition […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Nvidia has told clients it aims to start shipping its second most powerful chips—the H200—to China around mid-February, Reuters reports citing inside sources. This ironically comes just as the US has labelled Chinese semiconductors as an “economic threat” and vowed to impose tariffs on them by 2027. Semiconductor chips are at the center of a […]