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U.S. pushes additional tariffs on Chinese chips to June 2027
A silicon wafer with chips etched into is seen as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tours a site where Applied Materials plans to build a research facility, in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., May 22, 2023. Pool | Reuters The U.S. will increase tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports in June 2027, at a rate to be determined at […]
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How U.S. oil tanker seizures targeting Venezuela are linked to rising geopolitical tensions with China
A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea on Dec. 20, 2025. Department Of Homeland Security | Via Reuters The escalating […]
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China slaps tariffs of up to 42.7% on EU dairy products, alleging ‘damage’ to the domestic dairy industry
French cheeses displayed in a store in Paris. Bertrand Guay | Afp | Getty Images China announced tariffs of up to 42.7% on dairy products from the European Union Monday, following the results of an anti-subsidy investigation that began in August 2024. In a statement by the country’s Ministry of Commerce, China said that EU […]
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Gold and silver prices soar to new highs as the yellow metal reemerges as a hedge
Gold and silver prices soared to new highs on Monday. Gold was last seen at a record $4,445.8 per ounce while spot gold was last trading at $4,414.99. Prices are up nearly 70% since the start of the year. The metal has soared this year, smashing consecutive price records as risk assets lost ground. Gold is typically viewed […]
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European markets expected to open in negative territory ahead of short trading week
LONDON — European markets are expected to open in negative territory on Monday as last week’s positive sentiment wears off. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 is expected to open 0.1% lower, Germany’s DAX is seen 0.17% lower, and the French CAC index is seen 0.3% lower, according to data from IG Group. It follows a record-breaking […]
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AI-linked IPOs in China are exploding. But it’s not easy for foreigners to join the party
An illustration photo shows Moore Threads logo in a smartphone in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China on October 30, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s hottest artificial-intelligence listings are delivering eye-popping gains. Shares of chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits skyrocketed almost 700% in their Shanghai market debut last week, while Moore Threads soared over […]
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Asia-Pacific markets poised for gains ahead of China’s key lending rate decision
19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to climb Monday as investors look toward benchmark lending rate decisions coming out of China later in the […]
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House passes bill to ease permits for building out AI infrastructure
Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology Inc., speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 26, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill aimed at making it easier to get federal permits to build […]
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CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: Why Sam’s Club is in a sweet spot as China faces consumption worries
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story Latest data from China showed a key gauge on consumption falling to its weakest level in nearly three years. But it does not capture the […]
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CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: When growth got stuck in the chimney: A look back at the U.K. in 2025
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch It is tempting, in assessing what 2025 brought for the U.K. economy and for Britain’s corporates and financial markets, to focus more on what didn’t happen than on what did. Most obviously, widely expected interest rate […]
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