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<v Speaker 1>Hey listeners, it's ting coming to you straight from the

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<v Speaker 1>Silicon trenches with your beiging bites US China tekhor update.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've tuned in this past fortnight, grab your popcorn,

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<v Speaker 1>because these last fourteen days have tested every diplomatic firewall

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<v Speaker 1>and set the trade wires ablaze. Let's jump right in

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<v Speaker 1>the hot topic semiconductor drama. The Trump administration pulled a

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<v Speaker 1>not so subtle power play, striking a deal with Nvidia

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<v Speaker 1>and AMD to let them sell certain old book gold

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<v Speaker 1>AI chips the H two for Nvidia, a slowed down

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<v Speaker 1>Mi I three hundred eight for AMD back into China.

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<v Speaker 1>In exchange, the US government snags a fifteen percent cut

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<v Speaker 1>of all the China sales revenue. Yes, that's right. Tech

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<v Speaker 1>trade policy now feels like a Vegas slot machine. Trump

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<v Speaker 1>said I wanted twenty percent, but Jensen Wong talked me

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<v Speaker 1>down to fifteen percent. Hong See, CEO of Invidia, nearly

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<v Speaker 1>got the commerce folks dancing when he agreed to invest

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred billion dollars in AI service stateside. This is huge.

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<v Speaker 1>Bernstein estimates in Vidia could sell over one point five

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<v Speaker 1>million H two ease in China by year's end making

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty three billion dollars just on those tamp down chips.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's not just about chips. Washington is deploying invisible

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<v Speaker 1>surveillance directly inside exported chipsets. Imagine secret tracking baked into

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<v Speaker 1>Nvidia and am D silicon. That's real cloak and data stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Beijing naturally sees this as an existential threat, fearing industrial

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<v Speaker 1>espionage and fuming over the loss of digital autonomy. So

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<v Speaker 1>the directive cut back on US chip use, champion domestic

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<v Speaker 1>national champions and beef up homegrown tech standards. Defense, AI

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<v Speaker 1>and core infrastructure are the battlefields now for the tariff terrain.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump extended the trade truce yet again, another ninety days

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<v Speaker 1>of handshaeed diplomacy, bringing tariffs down from a scary one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and forty five percent to a still pretty spicy

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<v Speaker 1>thirty to fifty five percent band. This buys time for

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<v Speaker 1>both giants to keep negotiating, particularly over strategic materials like

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<v Speaker 1>rare earths, where China handly holds the upper hand with

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<v Speaker 1>seventy percent of global share. U S firms get relief,

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<v Speaker 1>but the threat of policy whiplash looms with every new

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<v Speaker 1>oil gas spat or rare Earth squeeze on the cyber front,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk advance persistent threats. The US federal courts just

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<v Speaker 1>faced a sophisticated, sustained siege, the type that gives sisos nightnares. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>China is going full throttle with AI driven info wops

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<v Speaker 1>and influence campaigns, targeting global opinion and meticulously tracking the

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<v Speaker 1>pulse in hot spots like Hong Kong and Taiwan. Joanna

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<v Speaker 1>Chu from The New York Times explains how Chinese AI

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<v Speaker 1>firms are mapping sentiment, collecting data on U S Congress members,

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<v Speaker 1>and poised for deeper moves. Strategically, both nations are locked

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<v Speaker 1>in a precarious balance. Export controls are tightening, but top

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<v Speaker 1>analysts from Arnold and Porter's Claire reed to c SI's

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<v Speaker 1>warn their a double edged sword. They may keep us

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<v Speaker 1>IP safe, but they also accelerate China's drive for tech

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<v Speaker 1>self sufficiency and market share while undermining long term US leverage.

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<v Speaker 1>What's next? Some believe policy is fluid for sale, as

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<v Speaker 1>Tedford quipped, but the reality is clear. Either side could

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<v Speaker 1>snap the truce over night, and the contest for AI

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<v Speaker 1>dominance and rare Earth independence will shape tech for years

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<v Speaker 1>to come. Experts urge both sides to restart a bilateral

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<v Speaker 1>AI risk dialog. Imagine a hot line between Washington and

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<v Speaker 1>Beijing engineers when an AI model goes wonky. Thanks for

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