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Trump Eases Limits on Nvidia Exports to China at ‘Critical Moment’

✇NYT: Technology
By:Meaghan Tobin
9 December 2025 at 12:08
President Trump said Nvidia can export some chips. But years of U.S. restrictions have propelled China to make everything it needs for advanced A.I.

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Nvidia has argued that blocking access to its chips has only spurred Chinese companies to improve faster.

Europe’s Chip Dreams Confront Business Realities

✇NYT: Technology
By:Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu
19 November 2025 at 11:39
European chipmakers need TSMC’s help to grow their own semiconductor supply chain, but the chip giant’s Taiwanese suppliers find Europe a tough place to do business.

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TSMC is teaming up with European chipmakers to build a factory near Dresden, Germany, as Europe’s need to make its own chips has grown more pressing.

The Small Company in Europe Caught in the Big Trade War Between the U.S. and China

✇NYT: Technology
By:Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu
16 October 2025 at 13:57
Nexperia, a computer chip maker based in the Netherlands, was taken over by the Dutch government after pressure from officials in Washington.

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The Dutch government took control of the Chinese-owned chip maker Nexperia on Sept. 30.

China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Aim to Beat U.S. at Its Own Game

✇NYT: Technology
By:Ana Swanson and Meaghan Tobin
16 October 2025 at 08:35
Beijing’s latest effort to weaponize global supply chains is modeled on the American technology controls that it has long criticized.

© Pool photo by Ken Ishii

President Trump has threatened to cancel a meeting with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, who spoke at the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women in Beijing on Monday.
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