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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
TopicUS-China trade war

Topic: US-China trade war

Why Joe Biden risks ceding Asia’s digital oil to China

The RCEP will bind the 10 economies of Southeast Asia with China, Japan, S. Korea, Australia & New Zealand. To provide a counterweight, the US needs the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Economic ‘decoupling’ between China, US is a lose-lose plan, says senior Chinese official

The official noted that the China-US trade volume was up by 16% year-on-year in the third quarter and said those who truly want 'decoupling' represent a minority.

Trump’s China scorecard shows many defeats, and this one big change

The unprecedented trade war Trump launched with China, breaking Republican free-trade orthodoxy along the way, ended up costing American factory jobs, not creating them.

US imposes curbs on exports to China’s top chipmaker SMIC, cites ‘military end use’

US firms must now apply for license to export certain products to China's SMIC, which has not been put on entity list, meaning restrictions are not yet as severe as those on Huawei.

US bans import of 5 Chinese goods produced in ‘forced labour camps’

These goods are produced in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where the Chinese govt is engaged in systemic human rights abuses, the US said.

Microsoft’s long history in China complicates potential TikTok deal

Microsoft entered China in 1992, helping to engineer the govt’s computer systems and installing special versions of Windows OS that comply with the country’s censorship controls.

Not just TikTok, US will go after other Chinese software too, Pompeo says

The Secretary of State says the US will announce measures shortly against a broad array of Chinese-owned software deemed to pose national-security risks.

China slams US over threat to ban TikTok, says it’s flouting global trade rules

The US has suggested that TikTok may be used as a tool to spy on users or spread propaganda to influence the upcoming presidential elections, which China has denied.

Xi Jinping reassures businesses as US pushes to further exclude Chinese companies

The US has been pushing foreign companies to move supply chains out of China, and publicly floated the need for a group of friendly Asian nations that could help produce essential goods.

Drop in Chinese exports to US didn’t help India, says Rabobank

According to the report, India hasn’t benefited more because the largest shift was found in the computer & electronic products sector and that industry is relatively small in the country.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.