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The White House, eager to win a trade war it barely understands, has yanked the emergency brake on China-US trade without checking who’s inside the vehicle. Donald Trump’s early April trade decree has taken a month to hit the economy – that’s how long Chinese containers need to reach Los Angeles.
The Guardian view on Trump’s shock therapy: warehouse and transport workers are the first victims of a class war comes via ChinaTechNews.com.
That initial talks between Iran and the United States in Oman were described by the US side as positive and constructive and by Iran as respectful and between equals is some good news during a highly uncertain period in international affairs.
The Irish Times view on the US/Iran talks: some tentative signs of progress comes via ChinaTechNews.com.
Two days after Donald Trump’s imposition of swingeing global tariffs, the ramifications are beginning to be felt. On Thursday, the announcement triggered the biggest one-day drop on international stock markets since the start of the Covid pandemic. Markets plunged further on Friday following China’s declaration that it would place a 34 per cent retaliatory tariff on American goods.
The Irish Times view on tariffs fallout: shockwaves around the world comes via ChinaTechNews.com.
Restrictions on the press and internet imposed by the military junta that rules Myanmar mean that information about the powerful earthquake that struck the country on Friday, just before 1pm local time, was even more incomplete than usual in the aftermath of a disaster.
The Guardian view on Myanmar’s earthquake: aid must reach beyond the junta comes via ChinaTechNews.com.
Tesla’s boss, Elon Musk, once thought the idea that China’s BYD could compete with his company was laughable. In 2011, he smugly dismissed the Chinese carmaker as unimpressive, its products unattractive and its technology “not very strong”. He’s not laughing now – and not just because Tesla’s stock has plummeted amid a boycott by motorists protesting against his embrace of far-right politics.
The Guardian view on China’s EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises comes via ChinaTechNews.com.
It’s a seductive promise: let our computers scrape the internet for ideas, images, forms of words, stories, music, jokes … and our industry will make your country rich. For a UK government desperate for economic growth, the demands of tech companies for copyright laws to be relaxed – in order that their artificial intelligence (AI) systems can access as much online content as possible without having to pay or seek permission – have been hard to resist.
The Guardian view on AI and copyright: creativity should be cherished, not given away comes via ChinaTechNews.com.