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President Donald Trump said that he and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have worked out most of the details of a bilateral trade deal.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) is investigating 16 Chinese firms for “illegal poaching of high-tech talent.” Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is reportedly of particular interest to China.

China banned exports of several critical minerals to the United States in December, but enterprising American buyers have found ways to obtain the metals through third-party nations like Thailand and Mexico, and some Chinese companies have proven willing to work around the ban.

The Dutch defense minister said Saturday that China has intensified its spying on the Netherlands’ development and manufacture of semiconductors.

Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te proposed zero tariffs, lower trade barriers, and more investment in the United States in response to Trump’s tariffs.

The Investigation Bureau of Taiwan’s Department of Justice (MIJB) on Friday published a report that accused China of creating fake companies to hire top technology experts who would never have willingly worked for the Communist tyranny.

President Donald Trump predicted Monday that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) $100 billion investment in the United States would create 20,000-25,000 jobs.

The Biden-Harris administration on Sunday said it plans to cut its grant to Intel, dealing a blow to the Democrats’ industrial policy vision.

Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that Taiwan could be “discarded” if Donald Trump returns to the White House and implements his America First foreign policy.

Vice President Kamala Harris (D) had an awkward moment on Monday in Michigan while touring a semiconductor manufacturing facility.

The devastation in a small North Carolina down from Hurricane Helene may cause unexpected issues to the semiconductor production industry, as nearly all of the world’s supply of a necessary mineral comes from that area.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told visiting Dutch PM Mark Rutte that attempts to restrict China’s access to technology will not stop it’s rise.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pursuing a wildly ambitious plan that could require raising up to $7 trillion to reshape the global semiconductor industry and expand AI capabilities.

The Chinese Communist Party, through its state media arms and Foreign Ministry, is demanding leftist President Joe Biden abandon support for the nation of Taiwan and lift restrictions on Chinese technology imports as a precursor to an expected meeting between Biden and dictator Xi Jinping in November.

President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Wednesday that appears to restrict American investment in Chinese companies in the semiconductor, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) industries.

U.S. chipmaker Intel on Saturday announced the launch of its Greater Bay Area Innovation Center in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen.

French magistrates have filed preliminary charges against two Chinese citizens and two others in an investigation of a leading chip supplier.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) has introduced a plan to end the United States’ decades-long, job-killing free trade status with China as multinational corporations in the semiconductor industry plead with the federal government to keep open their access to the Chinese market. 

Taiwan-based tech giant Foxconn announced Monday its withdrawal from a $19.5 billion joint semiconductor manufacturing deal with Indian metal and energy company Vedanta.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing on Thursday afternoon, beginning a four-day visit that included a meeting with Premier Li Qiang on Friday.

The government of Taiwan announced on Wednesday that it will open a new representative office in the financial hub of Mumbai, establishing its third diplomatic office in India.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng on Monday, ahead of Yellen’s scheduled trip to Beijing this weekend. According to Chinese state media, Xie strove to send a “clear and positive message” that China is ready to improve bilateral relations.

A sealed indictment in South Korea, revealed to the public for the first time by Reuters on Tuesday, accuses former Samsung executive Choi Jinseog of stealing company secrets from his old employer so he could help Taiwan-based Foxconn build a chip factory in China.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Tonight,” 2024 presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said that he “would be willing to support government support” for manufacturing crucial items like semiconductors in the United States instead

President Joe Biden is greenlighting South Korean and Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturers to continue expanding their operations in China thanks to exemptions rewarded to various companies by the administration. 

UK catching up with efforts by Western allies seeking to reduce reliance on Asian production of the computer chips.

The UK and Japan are set to sign a new China-bashing defensive pact aimed at securing the Indo-Pacific, reports on Thursday suggest.

The Chinese government on Tuesday asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to crack down on U.S. policies intended to revitalize the domestic computer chip industry.

President Joe Biden’s administration is setting up a network of advanced computer-chip facilities to boost domestic manufacturing. 

China represents an “epoch-defining challenge” to the West as it becomes a “technological superpower”, a UK security chief warned.

Beijing Academy of Military Sciences researcher Zhao Xun published an article in Chinese Communist Party media on Monday that warned China’s current model of technology and weapons development is “unsustainable” due to Western sanctions, so China must become more self-reliant by funding more research and reducing bureaucratic red tape.

The Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday that the government of China is considering banning the export of technology used to create rare-earth fueled high-performance magnets, often used in electric vehicles and other advanced technology.

President Joe Biden was caught in another hot mic moment highlighted by the Republican National Committee (RNC) on social media, as the president’s handler can be heard giving the 80-year-old instructions on what to do and where to go during a recent visit to North Carolina.

The government of the Netherlands is joining a U.S.-led effort to restrict the export of semiconductor chips to China, a campaign aimed at slowing the growth of the communist country’s military.

There has been a new twist in an ongoing, multibillion-dollar patent battle between Intel and semiconductor patent holder VLSI , with anonymous allegations being mailed to the House Oversight Committee regarding Intel’s interactions with the Patent Trial Appeals Board (PTAB).

During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that even though there are incentives to produce chips in the United States under the CHIPS and Science Act that he co-wrote, “a