On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods and threatened to renew the trade war with China that he launched during his first term.

Donald Trump's commerce secretary nominee told his US Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday he favors "across-the-board" tariffs targeting countries rather than products, while signaling a hawkish China stance.

Donald Trump's commerce secretary nominee told his US Senate confirmation hearing he favors "across-the-board" tariffs while signaling a hawkish China stance.

Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, illegally copying proprietary American technology, sources told Bloomberg

Deepseek collects similar data to American-based AI models, but Chinese laws could make that data more accessible to the government.

The Chinese tech company DeepSeek is causing major waves in the AI industry - what are they doing that’s making everyone rethink AI’s future?

The start-up had become a key player in the “Chinese Large-Model Technology Avengers Team” that would counter US AI dominance, said another. China’s delight, however, spelled pain for several giant US technology companies as investors questioned whether DeepSeek’s breakthrough undermined the case for their colossal spending on AI infrastructure.