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The Latest Breaking News from China

How Hitachi hedges against a global trade war

Also: Novo CEO loses money on missed diversity metric, China hits at US Big Tech.

Fortune

$Global trade is fracturing: here’s why the EU needs the Green Deal more than ever$

Global trade is fracturing: here’s why the EU needs the Green Deal more than ever

As an environmentally conscious consumer, buying a new phone can be challenging. Today, most chips come from East Asia, assembly happens in China, and tracing the environmental and social impact of production is all but impossible. On top of that, rare-earth elements from China are increasingly used as geopolitical leverage.

The Conversation

South Korea’s government is the latest to block China’s DeepSeek on official devices, following Australia and Taiwan

Officials in South Korea and Australia have cited concerns about user data and national security as reasons to block the buzzy AI service from China.

Fortune

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Trump’s picks for Pentagon team spark GOP debate on security - Roll Call

Trump's picks for top Pentagon roles, and their focus on China, may be out of step with GOP defense hawks in Congress.

Roll Call

China files WTO complaint over 'discriminatory' Trump tariffs

China says US made ‘unfounded and false allegations’ about Beijing's role in flow of fentanyl opioids

The Independent UK

Cook Islands set to sign economic pact with China

New Zealand has raised the alarm on a new pact to be signed by China and the Cook Islands, saying its Pacific partner failed to consult with them.

AAP

China tariffs may have widespread effect

The tariffs could cause chaos in the automobile and fast fashion industries

Salon

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Asian Markets Advance After Wall St Gains, US Postal Service U-turn

Asian markets rose Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street and following the US Postal Service's U-turn on a ban on parcels from China and Hong Kong, though trade war fears continue to keep sentiment at bay.

International Business Times

Mystery Seeds and Liquid Discovered in Package Sent From China to Texas: Officials Warn of Potential Harm

Texas officials warned residents after a mysterious package from China containing unidentified seeds and liquid arrived in Clute, raising biosecurity concerns.

Latin Times

Crude Prices Post Moderate Losses as EIA Oil and Gasoline Inventories Climb

March WTI crude oil (CLH25 ) Wednesday closed down -1.67 (-2.30%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH25 ) closed down -0.0483 (-2.30%). Crude oil and gasoline prices posted moderate losses Wednesday on concern that the impact of the US-China trade war will derail global growth and energy demand. Losses in oil...

Barchart

DeepSeek code may send U.S. user data straight to the Chinese government: report

Chinese-developed AI model shook tech world after its debut last month

The Independent UK

China is quietly pushing ahead with massive 50,000Mbps broadband rollout to leapfrog rest of the world on internet speeds

Report claims China is reportedly quietly pushing ahead with massive 50,000Mbps broadband rollout.

TechRadar

Mattel Warns It Needs To Raise Toy Prices Due To Tariffs

Mattel says it plans to raise toy prices to counter the 10% China tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

Diving into DeepSeek: inside the 7 February Guardian Weekly

What lies beneath China’s chatbot? Plus: Trump’s tariff tactics

The Guardian - UK

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Tom’s Hardware

USPS had ceased accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong late Tuesday, potentially affecting numerous PC parts — service was restored by early Wednesday

The USPS is working with the CBP to build a system that will efficiently check every arriving parcel from China to charge import duties.

Barchart

Crude Prices Tumble as Weekly EIA Oil and Gasoline Inventories Jump

March WTI crude oil (CLH25 ) today is down -1.49 (-2.05%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH25 ) is down -0.0519 (-2.47%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are sliding today on concern that the impact of the US-China trade war will derail global growth and energy demand. Losses in oil prices...

Barchart

Stocks Pressured by Weakness in Megacap Tech Stocks

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.20%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.38%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) are down by -0.21%, and March E-mini Nasdaq...

Fortune

Patients will pay more for prescription meds and face drug shortages amid Trump tariffs, pharma groups warn

China, one of the countries affected by the new tariffs, is the world’s largest producer of active pharmaceutical ingredients.

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The Independent UK

How to secure a China travel visa as new rules allow longer stays

Exclusive: Travellers can now get a China transit permit valid for 10 days if they travel via the People’s Republic between two other countries

Barchart

Stocks Fall on Disappointing Earnings from Alphabet and AMD

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.27%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.55%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) are down by -0.18%, and March E-mini Nasdaq...

Tom’s Hardware

Moore Threads GPUs allegedly show 'excellent' inference performance with DeepSeek models

VMoore Threads deploys DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B distilled model on its MTT S80 and MTT S4000 graphics cards, confirms that the GPUs can run CUDA code.

International Business Times

Rubio Sees Guatemala Leader Keen To Please US

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was seeking cooperation on migration Wednesday in Guatemala, whose leader, an anti-corruption advocate, is eager to please the new US administration to bolster his standing at home.

The Guardian - AU

Australian foreign aid workers fear ‘deaths and suffering’ will result from Trump’s halt to USAid

The peak body for overseas aid organisations said without intervention the consequences of the president’s decision ‘will be catastrophic’

International Business Times

USPS Reverses Decision And Resumes Delivering Packages From China And Hong Kong

The postal service said it was working to implement an efficient collection mechanism for the new China tariffs.

Guitar World

“We’ve been controlled by the idea that Fender is for Mexico and US models. We’re allowing ourselves to break our own rules”: Why Fender is building its $599 Standard Series in Indonesia – and how its ideological shift delivers better value for players

Fender’s EVP of Product Justin Norvell explains what convinced Fender to change its mindset on where its guitars are built – and what makes the new Standards different from the Player Series (apart from where they’re built)

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