US-China trade

Chinese dronemaker DJI defends security of products

[WASHINGTON] Chinese dronemaker DJI on Thursday (May 28) told US lawmakers an outside review showed its drones do not pose security risks as it urged Washington to drop a ban on its newest products.

Huawei unveiled on Monday a new principle for improving chips, noting the industry can no longer rely mainly on making transistors smaller.

China’s Huawei reveals chip design breakthrough amid US sanctions

The company’s Ascend chip series has become increasingly central to powering Chinese artificial intelligence models

On May 2, Beijing ordered its companies not to comply with US sanctions on five Chinese refineries accused of buying Iranian oil, including Hengli Petrochemicals (above).

China uses for the first time new rules to counter ‘improper’ foreign jurisdiction over its firms

In the years since, Beijing has further bolstered its toolkit with measures such as an anti-foreign sanctions law

Wall Street predicts that revenue for Jensen Huang's Nvidia will account for more than a third of the entire semiconductor sector’s sales in 2026.

Nvidia tells sceptical investors that AI is ready to go mainstream

Shareholders were not swayed by an expansion of investor rewards, including a massive increase to the company’s dividend

The Commerce Ministry in Beijing has confirmed that the Board of Trade will seek to cut tariffs on at least US$30 billion worth of goods.

China signals it will accept some US tariff increase in talks

It is a sign that ties between the world’s two largest economies are further stabilising

Trump says after the Beijing summit that the Boeing purchases may rise to as many as 750 planes
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China says it will buy 200 Boeing jets, seek extension of US tariff truce

The two sides will seek reciprocal levies cuts on US$30 billion or more of goods each, the Chinese ministry says

CEO Jensen Huang has previously identified China as a US$50 billion opportunity for Nvidia.

China will open its market to AI chips from US, Nvidia’s CEO says

NVIDIA chief executive officer Jensen Huang, speaking days after he joined President Donald Trump’s May 14-15 summit in China, said he expects Chinese authorities will eventually allow the import of a...

US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15.

US, China to set up trade and investment boards to address mutual concerns, says Beijing

THE US and China agreed to establish boards on trade and investment at the May 14-15 Trump-Xi summit, though US President Donald Trump said he did not discuss a possible extension of his tariff truce ...

Previous efforts by Trump to get China to purchase more US goods have fallen short, raising questions about whether the latest pledges will be fulfilled.

US says China agrees to spend billions on agricultural goods

Farmers have been struggling for years with relatively low crop prices and high costs