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President Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Chinese drones and components—up to 100% for sensitive systems and 25% on drones up to 25kg—while creating an onshoring program; drones from US allies face lower duties (15% generally, 10% for the UK). The move aims to reduce reliance on Chinese drone technology and reshape supply chains amid ongoing US-China tensions.
The author argues that data centres are a strategic test of US industrial resolve, highlighting how China’s dominance in critical minerals and downstream tech was shaped by past American missteps. While local opposition and proposed moratoria raise concerns about energy, water, and permitting, data centres spur investment in domestic manufacturing of advanced electrical equipment and create jobs, aligning demand with rebuilding resilient supply chains. By channeling investment—rather than halting projects—into US workers and clean-energy grid upgrades, the US can strengthen its industrial base and compete with Beijing, avoiding a repeat of the rare-earth era’s missed opportunities.
Xi Jinping told visiting US business leaders—including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk—that China will open wider to mutual cooperation and market access, signaling potential easing of market access amid ongoing US-China tensions; the delegation stressed the importance of China’s market, Nvidia eyes revived chip orders, and Beijing signaled future regulatory predictability but on China’s terms.
China’s exports rose 14.1% year over year in April, beating forecasts and signaling robust manufacturing ahead of the Xi–Trump summit; imports climbed 25.3%, pushing the trade surplus to about $84.8 billion, as high‑end electronics and machinery lead export growth and tariffs appear not to have slowed China’s export engine.
A trade dispute involving Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, critical for auto manufacturing, could lead to auto plant shutdowns and higher car prices, as tensions between the US, China, and the Netherlands threaten the supply of essential automotive chips, exacerbating existing supply chain issues and increasing vehicle costs.
The chair of the US House of Representatives' committee on China has called for trade curbs on Chinese memory chip maker Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) after Beijing banned the sale of some chips by US-based Micron Technology. Representative Mike Gallagher has urged the US Commerce Department to add CXMT to the entity list and ensure no US technology goes to CXMT, YMTC or other PRC firms operating in this industry. CXMT is China's leading maker of DRAM memory chips and the domestic competitor most likely to benefit if Micron is barred from China's massive chip market.