Treasury chief says US-China ties are stable but warns reliance on China in critical minerals, chips and medicines is unacceptable

WASHINGTON — There is evidence that “strongly suggests” China and other foreign adversaries are fueling campaigns opposing data centers to undermine the US in the artificial intelligence race, the House Energy and Commerce Committee warned Thursday.

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Trump administration threatens tariffs of up to 12.5 per cent on imports from 60 economies over failure to ban goods made with forced labour The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed new tariffs of up to 12.

The US has gone global in an attempt to break China's global Critical Minerals monopoly. Despite some encouraging signs, the US still has a long way to go.

Amid US pressure, Iran may pursue "unprecedented strengthening of its relations with Beijing and Moscow," an Iranian analyst said.

The Trump administration has revoked the visa of a Chinese national working for the state news agency Xinhua in the United States, in an apparent reciprocal act to Beijing's decision to expel a New

President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing has sent U.S.-China trade into a freefall and forced companies on both sides of the Pacific to regroup.

By Greg Torode and Jun Yuan Yong SINGAPORE, May 28 (Reuters) - A conflict between the U.S. and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs,

U.S. relations, India is emerging as the strategic cog in the U.S. wheel, Pakistan as a tactical partner, NATO as the anchor of the Atlantic alliance, and the Quad as a tool to serve the Indo‑Pacific.

China will impose additional tariffs ranging from 10 to 15 percent on US products, and launch an anti-monopoly probe into Google Inc, as well as other trade measures amid growing trade tensions with the United States.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is the headline speaker at Asia's premier defence summit, which began on Friday with top Chinese officials notably absent despite weighty questions over Taiwan and the war in Iran.