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Less than a week after Washington ratcheted up its chip export controls, Beijing responded with a pointed escalation on Dec. 9: an antitrust probe into Nvidia, the United States’ leading chipmaker and a linchpin in artificial intelligence hardware. The investigation threatens to impose steep fines and disrupt Nvidia’s operations in China. By the end of […]
U.S. President Joe Biden combined two of his passions during his much-delayed trip to Africa last week: U.S. foreign policy and trains. At the Lobito port on the Angolan coast, “Amtrak Joe” surveyed new train cars on an 800-mile railway that his administration has touted as its flagship project in Africa and as a symbol […]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has now made nearly all of his key appointments. He has stacked his cabinet with China hawks, with one notable exception in Elon Musk. The incoming Trump team’s track record on China offers some clues as to where the administration might take China policy come January, and where clashes might emerge. […]