US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he expected a final agreement on the ByteDance-owned short-video app TikTok to be reached when US President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday. China had a long list of demands during talks in Madrid this week, Bessent said. He described the negotiations…
Intensifying its battle against China, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has reportedly begun barring Chinese nationals with valid US visas from working on NASA space programs. “NASA has taken internal action pertaining to Chinese nationals, including restricting physical and cybersecurity access to our facilities, materials, and network to ensure the security of our…
Last Updated:August 26, 2025, 06:45 IST In May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had proposed aggressively revoking visas of Chinese students. The United States and China have been locked in a trade standoff for several months (Photo: AP) President Donald Trump announced on Monday that his administration will accept up to 600,000 Chinese students to…
The agreement reached on Aug. 12 between Beijing and Washington to extend the Geneva agreement until November saw major stock markets rise around the world, including those in China. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yusuke Hinata and Reuters) Trading Asia Nvidia, Google suppliers lead fresh AI rally as tariff worries among investors ease WATARU SUZUKI August…
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first confirmed phone call of Trump’s second term in June. Trump had previously claimed in April that Xi had called him, though he did not clarify when that conversation occurred US President Donald Trump has said that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, has told him that Taiwan…
U.S. President Donald Trump extended a tariff truce with China by another 90 days on Monday, a White House official said, staving off triple-digit duties on Chinese goods as U.S. retailers prepared for the critical end-of-year holiday season. Trump signed an executive order delaying the start of higher tariffs until mid-November shortly after giving reporters…
When Malaysia unveiled its National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap in 2022, it promised a future of innovation and prosperity. But as geopolitical tensions mount, the country’s aspirations risk being stifled by forces it struggles to control: tariffs, export bans and a global scramble for the chips that power tomorrow’s technology. That road map for 2021 to…
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s visit to Beijing last month, along with the US approval for H20 chips exports, appeared to signal continued cooperation and a commitment to global technological interdependence. But in China, the reaction was markedly different— scepticism, mistrust, and a growing call for technological self-reliance. From Beijing’s viewpoint, this was no…
Tensions flared between the United States and China at the United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday, as Washington accused Beijing of aiding Russia’s war in Ukraine through the export of dual-use goods, while China refuted the claims and warned against confrontation. Acting US Ambassador to the UN, Dorothy Shea, urged countries, specifically naming China,…
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that America will work out a deal with China where Beijing could sentence those who transport fentanyl drug into Washington to death. Trump said that the tariffs he has imposed on China will act like a penalty to make up for the losses suffered by the US due…