The administration of US President Donald Trump on Tuesday tightened the rules on the importation, marketing and sales of new Chinese telecoms gear in the United States, a move set to haunt bilateral relations ahead of the summit of the top leaders later this week. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to block new…
China and the United States are locked in a contest for technological supremacy. While it’s impossible to predict the ultimate winner and loser, this year’s Nobel Prize winners in economics may serve as a useful guide to where the two rivals are heading. The US is currently still ahead when it comes to science and…
Published on: Sept 21, 2025 05:20 am IST According to the USDA, the report “became overly politicized and upon subsequent review, is unnecessary to carry out the work of the Department.” The Trump administration announced Saturday that it was canceling an annual US food insecurity survey, claiming it had become “overly politicized,” its latest attack…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation after less than a year in the job might not be surprising, but it will add to uncertainty over relations with China. “Now is the time for me to resign as the negotiations on US tariffs have come to an end,” Ishiba said on Sunday, citing a trade deal…
The Trump administration is reportedly looking for new partners for its Golden Dome project. According a report by news agency Reuters, this move by the Donald Trump administration has attracted a critical reaction from Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who called the action as “breaking the law.” For those unaware, the Golden Dome project…
China needs to engage and cooperate more effectively with the Global South on AI governance to counter US moves to hobble its technological progress, according to analysts. They also said that as the US retreated from its leadership role it could be “sidelined during a critical period” as the global norms and rules around artificial…
Neysun Mahboubi is a US expert on Chinese law and director of the Penn Project on the Future of US-China Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. He spoke to the Post shortly after leading a group of Penn students on a 10-day tour of Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou in May. The visit included wide-ranging discussions…