Elaine Kurtenbach

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  • Jensen HuangAI

    ‘It’s up to, of course, the United States government’: Jensen Huang says a new China chip is in the works with Trump weighing in

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • Close up of Chinese Yuan notes, with Mao Tse-tung.Cybersecurity

    China’s secret weapon against the dollar is a yuan stablecoin

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • Jensen Huang CEO of NvidiaAI

    Nvidia gets $5.5 billion carve-out from Trump to sell AI chips in China

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • A container ship arrives at the port in Lianyungang, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 14, 2025. China’s exports rose more than expected in June, official data showed on July 14, after Washington and Beijing agreed a tentative deal to lower swingeing tariffs on each other. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)Economy

    China exports surge 5.8% in June as business rush through orders during U.S. tariff reprieve

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, right, shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent before their meeting to discuss China-U.S. trade, in London, Monday, June 9, 2025. (Li Ying/Xinhua via AP)Politics

    Bessent says new U.S.-China deal is a sign of ‘de-escalation’ after Trump’s trade war roiled global markets

    By Elaine Kurtenbach, Will Weissert, and others
  • Trucks loaded with container move through a container terminal port in Shanghai, China Monday, June 9, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)Economy

    Trump says the U.S. and China have signed a trade deal but doesn’t offer any details

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • Workers labor at a manufacturer of medical polymer precision catheters, in Nantong city in east China’s Jiangsu province on April 24, 2025. (Chinatopix via AP)Politics

    China says if U.S. wants to ‘show its sincerity’ for trade talks it should be ready to cancel Trump’s 145% tariffs

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • An employee poses controls Augmentin tablets on a production line at the GSK pharmaceutical laboratory in Mayenne, western France, on January 5, 2023. – To cope with shortages of some major antibiotics, the British laboratory GSK is pulling out all the stops at its factory in the western French town of Mayenne, as the problem has reached global proportions. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Trump eyes new tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals as U.S. only makes 20% of world’s drugs and 0% of advanced logic chips

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • TOPSHOT – Cars and other vehicles for export are seen at a port in Yantai, in eastern China’s Shandong province on April 3, 2025. China on April 3 said it was “maintaining communication” with the United States over economic and trade issues after Washington announced swingeing new tariffs. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    China’s exports jumped 12.4% in March as companies rushed to get stuff into the U.S. ahead of Trump’s tariffs

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • TOPSHOT – Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, on April 4, 2025. Markets extended a global selloff on April 4 as countries around the world reeled from US President Donald Trump’s trade war, but the White House insisted the American economy will emerge victorious. Shock waves tore through markets in the United States, Europe and Asia after Trump’s tariff bombshell, as foreign leaders signaled readiness to negotiate but also threatened counter-tariffs. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    The S&P 500 is flirting with dreaded bear market territory as Trump tariffs drive global market meltdown

    By Stan Choe, Elaine Kurtenbach, and others
  • FILE -Chinese waitresses dressed in orange shorts and t-shirts cheers while welcoming the arriving guests at the Hooters restaurant in Beijing, China, Sept. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)Finance

    Hooters was dumped by its NASCAR team and sued for only hiring ‘Hooters Girls’ to serve customers. Now it’s filed for bankruptcy

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • used tablet blister packsTech

    Most of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are run illegally and consumers who use them risk getting bad drugs, US report warns

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Workers check solar panels at a solar power station on a factory roof in Changxing, eastern China’s Zhejiang province on Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/File)Politics

    Biden administration will hike tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • SUQIAN, CHINA – OCTOBER 08: An employee works on the production line of Jiangsu Poppula Semiconductor Co., Ltd. on October 8, 2024 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/VCG via Getty Images)Politics

    How China’s critical minerals could become a tipping point in its trade conflict with the U.S.

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao speaks at a press conference on the sideline of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)Tech

    China bans exports to U.S. of key high-tech materials in response to expanded American chip sanctions

    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press