The global trade war triggered by US President Donald Trump earlier this month shows no signs of ending anytime soon. In recent days, China suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals that are vital ingredients in everything from electric cars and drones to the semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence (AI) servers.
Around the same time, Trump also indicated he would soon impose new tariffs on semiconductor chips.
All of this is happening at the same time the…
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