Tag: Semiconductors
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Fifth round of negotiations on a European Union and Malaysia free trade agreement opens with a widened 21-chapter agenda as Brussels accelerates its Southeast Asian tariff strategy KUALA LUMPUR, September 23, 2026 The European Union and Malaysia opened the fifth round of negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement this week, with talks running alongside…
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Commerce moves to shut down a pre-tariff import surge, capping new solar and semiconductor importers at a few kilograms a week and quietly retiring the steel and aluminum inclusions process in the same rule WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2026. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security filed a temporary final rule on Tuesday morning that…
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Beijing’s preliminary anti-dumping duties on Japanese dichlorosilane, up to 99.2 percent, threaten a critical input for global chipmaking amid an escalating diplomatic rift. BEIJING, September 11, 2026 China’s Ministry of Commerce has moved to squeeze a narrow but strategically vital corner of the global semiconductor supply chain, slapping steep preliminary anti-dumping duties on dichlorosilane imported…
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Beijing imposes provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a workhorse chipmaking gas, deepening a trade confrontation that has already cut rare earth flows to Japan to zero and rattled semiconductor supply chains worldwide. BEIJING, September 10, 2026 China has opened a new front in its escalating economic campaign against Japan,…
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Beijing imposes provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, striking at a critical semiconductor input and raising the stakes in East Asia’s chip supply chain rivalry BEIJING, September 8, 2026 China began collecting provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on imports of Japanese dichlorosilane on Monday, one day after…
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Washington readies Phase Two semiconductor duties as Seoul and Taipei bargain for relief and markets brace for higher electronics prices WASHINGTON, September 8, 2026. The Trump administration’s plan for a second, far broader round of semiconductor tariffs hardened into the dominant story in global trade over the past several days, as negotiators from South Korea…
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Commerce Secretary puts semiconductor tariff Phase Two on the record at the G20, and the exemption math threatens laptops, servers, consoles and the AI buildout itself WASHINGTON, September 7, 2026 The Trump administration’s long-signaled second wave of semiconductor tariffs moved from anonymous deliberation to on-record policy this week, after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed on…
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China imposes provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a specialty gas critical to semiconductor manufacturing, deepening trade friction between Asia’s two largest economies BEIJING, September 8, 2026 China began collecting steep security deposits on imports of Japanese dichlorosilane on Monday, one day after the Ministry of Commerce announced a preliminary…
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China slaps preliminary anti-dumping deposits of 80.8 to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a workhorse chipmaking gas, deepening a trade rift with Tokyo that now runs straight through the semiconductor supply chain. BEIJING, September 7, 2026 China’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday issued a preliminary anti-dumping ruling against dichlorosilane imported from Japan, finding that Japanese…
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Washington readies a 7.5 percent Section 301 overcapacity duty on Chinese goods that would lift second-term replacement tariffs to the exact 20 percent ceiling Beijing says it was promised, one month before a White House summit WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2026 The Trump administration is preparing to impose a new 7.5 percent tariff on Chinese goods…