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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone ting here, It's May twenty seven, twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Buckle up, because Beijing bites is going to move faster

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<v Speaker 1>than a TikTok for you page on five G. The

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<v Speaker 1>past two weeks in the US China tech war have

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<v Speaker 1>been a firewall smashing spectacle, cyber mischief, tariff tennis, and

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<v Speaker 1>regulatory deja vu. Let's hack right in first up. The

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<v Speaker 1>US and China pulled a rare diplomatic move on May twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>agreeing to dial tariffs down to ten percent. But don't

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<v Speaker 1>pop the bide you yet. Just days later, President Trump

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<v Speaker 1>saber rattled with threats of a whopping fifty percent added

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<v Speaker 1>tariff if China doesn't step back on their thirty four

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<v Speaker 1>percent retaliatory levees. Chinese Ministry of Commerce isn't blink. They

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<v Speaker 1>called it a mistake on top of a mistake, and

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<v Speaker 1>swore to fight to the end. Still there's tea leaf

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<v Speaker 1>reading over whether both sides want to avoid a full

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<v Speaker 1>tech decoupling or just buy time for their industry titans

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<v Speaker 1>to regroup. On the cyber front, Intrigue is everywhere, even

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<v Speaker 1>if direct hacks haven't made made front page news. This week,

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<v Speaker 1>the US National Security Council is wringing its hands about

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<v Speaker 1>safeguarding advanced AI chips from adversaries read China. This became

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<v Speaker 1>critical after the Trump administration let major Gulf states by

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<v Speaker 1>advanced US chips, supposedly with robust security standards, but with

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement agencies under staffed and contracts tight lipped, experts are

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<v Speaker 1>side eyeing whether those chips might slip accidentally sworf into

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese hands. Imagine a game of cyber hot potato with

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<v Speaker 1>the fate of global AI at stake. Speaking of chips,

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<v Speaker 1>were still in full blown chip war mode. The US

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<v Speaker 1>is locking down semiconductor exports and investments to firms like

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<v Speaker 1>Huawei and Semiic, But now the Middle East has entered

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<v Speaker 1>the chat thanks to Microsoft and some AI infrastructure deals

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<v Speaker 1>stretching as far back as Biden. David Sachs White House,

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<v Speaker 1>AI and cryptos are is crowing about America first and

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<v Speaker 1>the dream of outbuilding China in AI infrastructure. The Brookings

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<v Speaker 1>Institution and tech pundits warned that this tech bifurcation risks

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<v Speaker 1>fragmenting the world's digital economy. Smaller nations are forced to

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<v Speaker 1>pick sides or risk being digitally stranded. Meanwhile, Trump's TikTok

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<v Speaker 1>ban was delayed again. Q I rolls in Beijing and

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<v Speaker 1>boardrooms alike. For byteedance, it means more time to maneuver.

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<v Speaker 1>But for US policy makers it's a game of regulatory

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<v Speaker 1>whack a mole. Bottom Line, policy shifts are whip sawing industries,

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<v Speaker 1>especially supply chains from Taiwan to the Gulf. Semis Ai

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<v Speaker 1>and cloud are the big battlefields, the strategic stakes. Both

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<v Speaker 1>the US and China are racing not just for economic dominance,

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<v Speaker 1>but for the power to set tomorrow's global tech rules.

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<v Speaker 1>As for forecasts, experts see more fragmentation coming and the

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<v Speaker 1>next big flashpoint, whether it's a cyber incident, new export ban,

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<v Speaker 1>or regulatory squeeze, could drop any day. All right, this

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