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Chips for concessions? China using tech leverage in US trade negotiations as deal deadline looms

China has pressed US President Donald Trump to relax export controls on AI chips. Even as Trump has adopted a muscular trade policy elsewhere, he appears set to accept China's demand to avoid the embarrassment of not reaching a trade deal and to ensure access to China-controlled rare earths.

Taiwan's TSMC fires staff, probes suspected trade secret leak of breakthrough 2nm chip

TSMC has not publicly disclosed the specific nature of the data involved or the intended purpose of the suspected leaks. The company is investigating whether the information was transferred externally and whether additional parties were implicated

Taiwan adds Huawei, SMIC to trade blacklist: Will it hurt China amid amid growing tensions with US?

Taiwan's decision deals another setback to Beijing’s efforts to expand its domestic chipmaking capabilities and compete with US firms such as Nvidia, as Huawei and SMIC have already been sanctioned by US

Semiconductor showdown: Trump blocks key US tech firms from serving China

Media reports say that the Department of Commerce sent out letters to leading providers of electronic design automation (EDA), including companies like Synopsys and Siemens EDA, last month, asking them to stop the supply of the technology to China

More Trump tariffs are coming ‘over the next week', this time on semiconductors

'The tariffs will be in place in the not distant future,' he said, referring to sector-specific semiconductor levies that would follow similar measures for steel, aluminum and automobiles

'India on track for AI revolution': IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Rising Bharat Summit

The minister’s remarks at Rising Bharat come amid the broader push by the Indian government to create a robust ecosystem for emerging technologies, especially semiconductors— the critical hardware underpinning AI systems

Tech giants gather this week in Vietnam to discuss AI and semiconductor business strategy

Vietnam has been positioning itself as a key player in the global semiconductor and AI industries, in a bid to attract increased investment from leading technology firms

Why Trump's tariff wars may hurt Apple & TSMC's partnership

Although Trump’s tariff plans have targeted several industries, his focus on semiconductors is particularly concerning for Apple. Trump has long pushed for reshoring manufacturing to the US, and his latest comments indicate that he plans to achieve this through tariffs rather than incentives

Samsung, TSMC get pulled into Biden administration's efforts to cut chip access to China: Report

The US is determined to close loopholes that allow Chinese entities, including Huawei, to acquire advanced chips. The new rules will target leading semiconductor manufacturers to cut off supply at the source

Chip designer Arm planning to hike prices, plans to build its own chips

Arm’s new direction comes on the back of a legal dispute with Qualcomm. The two companies had a row over royalty terms, which reached a head in December 2024. The issue stemmed from Arm’s purchase of Nuvia, a start-up with technology Arm wanted to use to make its own chips