The leaders of the US, Australia, India and Japan will announce on Saturday an expansion of their joint maritime security operations into the Indian Ocean and closer coastguard integration throughout the Indo-Pacific. Against a backdrop of rising tensions in the South and East China seas, particularly between Chinese and Philippine vessels, deliverables from the summit…
Both major US presidential candidates fundamentally agree on international trade objectives, former American trade officials said on Thursday, but look for more threats, posturing and volatile tariff barriers under a Donald Trump 2.0 administration, particularly against China. Since then, campaigning has cast international trade in decidedly domestic terms, with Trump threatening to impose up to…
New Michigan bill would restrict use of phones in schools by students Oakland County Republican Rep. Mark Tisdale understands parental concerns, but he explains the students are actually safer without that immediate contact in the middle of an active shooter on the prowl. LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) – Years ago if parents needed to get…
article A student places a mobile phone in a box before the start of a lesson at Stonelaw High School in Rutherglen. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth visited the school to meet pupils and school staff to discuss behaviour in schools and the impact of mobile NEW YORK – In a new survey, members of the…
Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China, predicts that AI-powered applications will gain widespread adoption in China more quickly than in the US. While Chinese AI models currently lag behind the US by about six months, they could soon surpass them in terms of usage. According to Lee, some of China’s less advanced AI…
After years of criticizing former President Donald Trump’s tariffs for harming U.S. businesses and consumers, the Biden U.S. administration is now following the same misguided path, News.Az reports. Despite widespread opposition, the U.S. government on Friday finalized its decision to increase tariffs on Chinese imports, particularly on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), solar cells, EV batteries…
A senior American official on Thursday lauded improved cooperation with the Chinese government on export controls meant to prevent the transfer of sensitive technologies to the mainland. Since the end of coronavirus lockdowns in China, mainland authorities have been more helpful in conducting “end-user checks” on companies that buy products sold by US firms, said…
Beijing may look beyond Hong Kong to formulate proportional countermeasures should the US pass legislation aimed at closing the city’s trade offices in the country, observers and experts have said. The Chinese foreign ministry on Wednesday warned of “resolute and strong countermeasures” after the Republican-led US House of Representatives voted to pass bills that would…
When Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the China-Africa summit on Thursday, he called on the continent to join China in leading the modernisation of the Global South, which he said has suffered “injustice” at the hands of the West. In a joint action plan, China called for strengthened cooperation on supply chains and green technology…