BEIJING (Reuters) -China has suspended a ban on approving exports of “dual-use items” related to gallium, germanium, antimony and super-hard materials to the U.S., the commerce ministry said on Sunday. The suspension takes effect from Sunday until November 27, 2026, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry announced the ban in December 2024. (Reporting…
With the United States and China striking what the White House has called a “historic” agreement, trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies – after months of simmering – appear to be entering a phase of de-escalation. Here, the Post explores what the fact sheet has revealed about the commitments made by the US…
China will effectively suspend implementation of additional export controls on rare earth metals and terminate investigations targeting US companies in the semiconductor supply chain, the White House announced. The White House issued a fact sheet on Saturday outlining some details of the trade pact agreed to earlier this week by US President Donald Trump and…
In addition to the spectacle of Wednesday’s military parade in Tiananmen Square, with its rows of never-before-seen weapons and equipment, was a less visible but highly consequential shift. At its heart lies China’s growing dominance in gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology, giving it a strategic advantage that is reshaping the global arms race, according to…