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  • Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Friday, May 23, 2025. Bessent said that US regulators this summer may ease a rule that’s served as a constraint on banks’ trading in the $29 trillion Treasuries market. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Bessent says China has a ‘choice’ on whether or not to be a reliable partner

    By Annmarie Hordern, Jenny Leonard, and others
  • Nvidia H100 chips inside a server room at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Yotta Data Services is buying thousands of Nvidia chips to offer AI capabilities in India. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    U.S. mulls letting UAE buy over a million leading Nvidia chips

    By MacKenzie Hawkins, Jenny Leonard, and others
  • US President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron (out of frame) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Trump team seeks to toughen Biden’s chip controls over China

    By MacKenzie Hawkins, Cagan Koc, and others
  • MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – FEBRUARY 20: President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the daily morning briefing at the National Palace on February 20, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Alessa Mejia/ObturadorMX/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump team pushes Mexico toward tariffs on Chinese imports

    By Eric Martin, Jenny Leonard, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 03: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. After signing a series of executive orders and proclamations, Trump spoke to reporters about a range of topics including recent negotiations with Mexico on tarriffs. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump says he plans reciprocal tariffs, will affect ‘everyone’

    By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Jenny Leonard, and others
  • Donald Trump and Elon Musk having a conversationPolitics

    Trump says Musk cannot stop treasury payments on his own

    By Bloomberg, Jenny Leonard, and others
  • SHENZHEN, CHINA – NOVEMBER 30: The Nvidia logo is seen on the exterior of an office building on November 30, 2024 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Nvidia has recently expanded its presence in China, focusing on AI technology and advanced computing solutions amidst growing global demand. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)Tech

    Biden to further limit Nvidia AI chip exports in final push

    By MacKenzie Hawkins, Jenny Leonard, and others
  • RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – NOVEMBER 18: Xi Jinping president of China arrives to take part in a photo of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty as part of the G20 Summit 2024 at Museu de Arte Moderna on November 18, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 2024 G20 Summit takes place in Brazil for the first time. The event gathers leaders of the most important economies. Starvation, sustainable development and social inclusion are some of the issues to be during the summit. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump invites China’s Xi Jinping to inauguration, CBS says

    By Jenny Leonard, Akayla Gardner, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 13: U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on December 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve announced today that interest rates will remain unchanged. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump says on NBC he has no plans to replace Powell as Fed chair

    By Jenny Leonard, Michelle Jamrisko, and others
  • Signage is pictured outside the headquarters of Japanese automaker Toyota in Tokyo on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    China promises retaliation if Japan expands its chip export controls, and Toyota worries it’ll get caught in the crossfire

    By Jenny Leonard, MacKenzie Hawkins, and others
  • Kamala Harris speaks at podiumPolitics

    Kamala Harris has these 3 men on her short list of potential running mates

    By Nancy Cook, Josh Wingrove, and others
  • UNITED STATES – JUNE 29: Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., attends a news conference following the House Republicans caucus meeting in Washington on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Tech

    Chipmaker CEOs head to Washington to fight restrictions on selling to China—and protect their bottom lines

    By Jenny Leonard, Ian King, and others
  • WASHINGTON , DC – JUNE 23: House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Michael McCaul, R-Texas, speaks during a press conference on “China COVID-19 accountability” on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

    ‘The time has come’: GOP lawmakers urge pushback to China’s Micron ban and ‘economic coercion’

    By Jenny Leonard and Bloomberg
  • Mark WarnerTech

    A TikTok ban? Joe Biden just endorsed a bill that could kick the Chinese app out of the U.S.

    By Jenny Leonard, Anna Edgerton, and others
  • US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) meet on the sidelines of the G20 SummitHealth

    China keeps rejecting America’s offer to send COVID vaccines as cases spiral amid massive virus outbreak

    By Peter Martin, Jenny Leonard, and others