Where the US-China trade war meets AI hype

• China is feeding a tech-based trade war ahead of 2025 with its monopoly on rare metals

  China’s latest restrictions mark “several firsts in the trade war,” researchers say.
  
  MarketWatch - 14h

• Trump’s tariffs are the opening rounds of Trade War II

  Trade’s importance to America’s security and global standing shouldn’t be underestimated.
  
  MarketWatch - 2d

• US nuclear build-up would not help deter China from using atomic weapons in Taiwan, war game finds

  Unclassified exercise by CSIS and MIT suggests Washington should not go beyond current modernisation plans
  
  Financial Times - 3d
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  China’s Trump cards in the coming trade war escalation

  US policymakers should think more about retaliatory responses to probable tariff increases
  
  Financial Times - 4d

• China Comes Out Swinging as Trump Trade War Looms

  Beijing is brandishing an expanded arsenal of countermeasures as President-elect Donald Trump threatens across-the-board tariffs on Chinese-made goods.
  
  The Wall Street Journal - 5d
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  US companies lawyer up in preparation for Trump’s trade wars

  Legal and accounting firms expect a fee bonanza from efforts to avoid expected tariffs and export controls
  
  Financial Times - Dec. 9

• Salesforce earnings spur a big stock rally. Is the AI hype justified?

  Wall Street seems excited about early momentum for Salesforce’s Agentforce AI product, but some analysts are skeptical about the monetization potential.
  
  MarketWatch - Dec. 4
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  China bans exports of key microchip elements to US as trade tensions escalate

  Semiconductor restrictions on China announced by Washington a day earlier prompt retaliation involving critical minerals including gallium and germanium . The Chinese government has said it will ...
  
  The Guardian - Dec. 4
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  Chip war ramps up with new US semiconductor restrictions on China

  Biden administration broadens limits on Chinese access to advanced microchip technology, with Donald Trump expected to go even further . The US has announced new export restrictions targeting ...
  
  The Guardian - Dec. 3

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