11 April 2025

China has clarified the place of origin for integrated circuits (ICs) amid an escalating US-China tariff war, which is expected to give local semiconductor foundries a significant boost, potentially undermining US President Donald Trump’s plan to bring manufacturing back to America. The state-backed China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) informed its members on Friday, citing customs […]

Tesla has stopped accepting orders to ship Model S and Model X electric vehicles (EVs) to China, as the former bellwether of the country’s vehicle market has borne the brunt of the tit-for-tat tariff war between the US and China. The carmaker has stopped taking orders to import the US-made vehicle models, and will instead

Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma delivered a rare speech to the company’s cloud unit on Thursday, laying out his ideas and vision for a responsible and human-oriented artificial intelligence (AI), as the tech giant pivots to become China’s AI enabler. Ma, 60, made a surprise visit to Alibaba Cloud’s campus in Hangzhou on Thursday,

Amazon.com chief executive officer Andy Jassy said the e-commerce company would try to keep prices low but said online sellers could pass some tariff costs on to customers. “We look at all the things that could impact consumers and customers,” he said Thursday in an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC. “It’s hard to