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Apple Ordered To Stop Selling Older iPhones
Retail // December 10, 2018

Apple was ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling older models of the iPhone after China found that the iPhone maker infringed on Qualcomm patents. The Wall Street Journal, citing the Chinese court proceedings, reported that Apple was found to have infringed on two...

Trump Administration Wants To Raise China Tariffs To 25 Percent
Regulation // August 02, 2018

Some Trump administration advisers are pushing the president to set tariffs as high as 25 percent on $200 billion of Chinese imports — a steep increase from the original proposal for 10 percent. According to The Wall Street Journal, the White House is expected to make...

Trump’s Tariffs Starting To Take A Toll On China’s Economy
Economy // July 31, 2018

Trump’s tariffs on billions of dollars-worth of imported Chinese goods are starting to take its toll on the Chinese economy and could usher in a bigger stimulus for the country. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing a meeting of the Politburo,...

A Tale Of Two China (Tech Firm) Policies?
International // May 15, 2018

When a big firm shuts down, it’s not every day that a sitting president lobbies to get it un-shut. Nor is it often the case that the firm is a Chinese tech juggernaut, smack dab in the middle of a crossfire between China and the U.S.,...

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US Senators Propose New Office To Combat Tech Theft

January 04, 2019
To contend with technology threats from China, two U.S. senators brought forward a bill that would make an office in the White House for safeguarding supply chains and combating theft. The bill, which aims to create an Office of Critical Technologies and Security, was a bipartisan effort by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. […]

Apple Ordered To Stop Selling Older iPhones

December 10, 2018
Apple was ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling older models of the iPhone after China found that the iPhone maker infringed on Qualcomm patents. The Wall Street Journal,...

Trump Administration Wants To Raise China Tariffs To 25 Percent

August 02, 2018
Some Trump administration advisers are pushing the president to set tariffs as high as 25 percent on $200 billion of Chinese imports — a steep increase from the original proposal for...

Trump’s Tariffs Starting To Take A Toll On China’s Economy

July 31, 2018
Trump’s tariffs on billions of dollars-worth of imported Chinese goods are starting to take its toll on the Chinese economy and could usher in a bigger stimulus for the country....