The Trump administration is pushing Taipei to shift investment and chip production to the U.S. so that half of U.S. chip demand is manufactured locally.| CNBC
Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $33.07 billion in the 2nd quarter of 2025, according to SEMI and SEAJ. 2Q 2025 spending was up 23% from 2Q 2024. China had the largest spending at $11.36 billion, 34% of the total. However, China spending in 2Q 2025 was down 7% from 2Q 2024. Taiwan had…| Semiwiki
Did President Trump mean secondary sanctions or secondary tariffs against Russia? “So it’s economic sanction, not a sanction,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told reporters gathered in the State Dining Room on Monday. He offered Venezuela as an example. “He said to Venezuela. He said, If you do business and you buy Venezuelan oil, right, your […]| The Pavlovic Today
The U.S. stock market, which had suffered since President Trump unveiled his tariff plan, rose sharply after he announced a pause to allow negotiations.| CNBC