• May 29 2025
  Trump orders US chip software suppliers to stop selling to China

  Move by Washington is latest effort to stymie geopolitical rival’s technological advance

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• May 29 2025
  Q&AFT subscriber event

  Subscriber webinar: what the US-China showdown means for the world

  FT subscribers put their questions to FT experts and guests on May 28 2025

  
• May 28 2025
  Nvidia

  Nvidia quarterly revenue surges nearly 70% despite China curbs

  US chipmaker’s share price rises even as it takes $4.5bn charge linked to restrictions on sales

  
• May 28 2025
  EU companies more concerned about China slowdown than tariffs

  Survey indicates hurdles for Beijing as it negotiates with US on trade

  
• May 26 2025
  The Economics Show podcast30 min listen

  What does China want from the US? With Jay Shambaugh

  The US’s former chief economic diplomat explains how the two nations negotiate

  
• May 23 2025
  US-China trade war is pushing Asian nations to pick sides, ministers warn

  Malaysia and Singapore find harder to maintain neutrality as geopolitical tensions grow

  
• May 22 2025
  Trade SecretsAlan Beattie

  A geopolitical conflict over minerals may finally be a real threat

  The latest set of Chinese restrictions on rare earths exports are the most worrying to date

  
• May 21 2025
  Global InsightMichael Stott

  Beijing or Broadway? Brazil plays both stages in superpower tussle

  The country is hedging its bets astutely between the US and China and is needed by both

  
• May 21 2025
  Artificial intelligence

  Nvidia chief Huang condemns US chip curbs on China as ‘a failure’

  World’s top AI semiconductor maker says export controls have accelerated Chinese rivals’ advances

  
• May 21 2025
  US politics & policy

  IMF urges US to curb deficit as Trump tax cut plan stirs debt fears

  Top official Gita Gopinath warns over country’s ‘ever-increasing’ debt burden

  
• May 20 2025
  Chinese economy

  China’s Xi steps up calls for industrial self-sufficiency amid trade war

  Beijing’s emphasis on manufacturing has widened imbalances and drawn complaints from foreign companies

  
• May 19 2025
  FT Swamp Notes

  How will Trump’s trade deals reshape the world? Premium content

  Seismic forces have been unleashed that will transform the global economy

  
• May 19 2025
  Chinese economy

  China industrial output growth slows as US trade war bites

  Retail sales miss forecasts after Donald Trump’s tariffs dent consumer confidence

  
• May 18 2025
  News in-depthRare earths

  Global supply chains threatened by lack of Chinese rare earths

  Licensing delays under new regime put at risk shipments of materials crucial for products from EVs to fighter jets

  
• May 16 2025
  US-China relations

  US considers adding Chinese chipmakers to export blacklist

  Some US officials fear move could jeopardise trade talks with Beijing

  
• May 16 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Trump says US will set tariff rates for scores of countries in 2 to 3 weeks

  President says Washington lacks capacity to strike deals with every nation

  
• May 16 2025
  Michael Strain

  A US recession doesn’t seem so likely any more

  Trump has shown a willingness to pivot in the face of adverse market reaction

  
• May 15 2025
  Trump tariffs

  WTO chief warns US bilateral tariff deals could put trade principle at risk

  Comments from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlight concern that pacts may undermine ‘most favoured nation’ equality concept

  
• May 15 2025
  News in-depthTrump tariffs

  Vietnam faces the heat over Chinese tariff ‘backdoor’ to US

  Chinese exports to south-east Asia surge as producers reroute shipments to avoid Donald Trump’s levies

  
• May 14 2025
  Toy group VTech to move production out of China despite tariff reprieve

  Hong Kong-based group pushes ahead with plan to shift US-bound production and warns US consumers face higher prices

  
• May 14 2025
  News in-depthAsia manufacturing

  Exporters ‘shocked and elated’ as China trade cranks back into gear

  Businesses fear agreement between Washington and Beijing to slash levies offers only temporary reprieve

  
• May 14 2025
  Huawei Technologies

  US warns against using Huawei chips ‘anywhere in the world’

  Commerce department guidance aims to toughen export controls on tech used by China to make AI processors

  
• May 14 2025
  US-China trade ceasefire to drive early Christmas stockpiling

  Ports and shipping companies expect surge in demand as retailers take advantage of lower tariffs on Chinese imports

  
• May 13 2025
  Chinese trade

  China criticises UK trade deal with US

  Security conditions in pact agreed by Trump and Starmer seen as targeting Beijing

  
• May 13 2025
  UnhedgedRobert Armstrong

  De-escalation and the damage done Premium content

  Lower China tariffs are great news, up to a point