Speaker 1: Listeners ting here and wow. Talk about a cyber roller
Speaker 1: coaster these last two weeks. Buckle up as we bite
Speaker 1: into the latest on the US China tech war straight
Speaker 1: from Beijing bites. Let's start with the biggest headline. Chinese
Speaker 1: hackers have been running some wild, next level campaigns inside
Speaker 1: US cybersecurity firms, SaaS providers and legal services. Google's threat
Speaker 1: Intelligence group A Mandiant uncovered the stealthy malware called Brickstorm
Speaker 1: used by the China linked UNC five two one group.
Speaker 1: What's the catch these TSIO eight has the digital ichocal
Speaker 1: case bulkis target a n and this is not just
Speaker 1: industrial espionage, its national security, with the hackers digging for
Speaker 1: info tied to US defense and international trade. If you're
Speaker 1: a US tech or legal outfit, check your logs. You
Speaker 1: might not even know if you're a victim. In the
Speaker 1: policy sphere, President Trump's administration is not holding back. We're
Speaker 1: seeing new restrictions slamming the brakes on products with vehicle
Speaker 1: connectivity systems linked to China, aiming to block any tech
Speaker 1: that could send sensitive data across the Pacific. The implications
Speaker 1: range from car makers like Ford and Tesla grappling with
Speaker 1: compliance to Chinese giants, such as byd rethinking international supply chains.
Speaker 1: The end, the traders are industries of national run a
Speaker 1: curveball from Beijing. Premier Li Chang just announced China will
Speaker 1: stop claiming Developing Nation pecks at the World Trade Organization
Speaker 1: after years of US pressure. China is ditching special benefits
Speaker 1: that allowed more time for implementing trade reforms and lower
Speaker 1: market opening quotas. Wto Director General nosey okonjo Iweala called
Speaker 1: this move major news, but don't break out the confetti
Speaker 1: just yet. Wendy Cutler from Asia Society says it's years
Speaker 1: too late and won't change the des rooted trade friction overnight.
Speaker 1: Chinese exports keep climbing tariffs or not, and Nischengang wasted
Speaker 1: no time accusing Washington of unilateralism and protectionism. Strategically, let's
Speaker 1: talk Ai, because China is now the undisputed heavyweight champ
Speaker 1: in AI research output. Deep Seek last year's launch kicked
Speaker 1: off an avalanche. China leads in patents by a factor
Speaker 1: of ten and generates more research than the US, EU
Speaker 1: and UK combined. The US is scrambling to secure research
Speaker 1: pipelines and restrict collaboration with China based talent. For example,
Speaker 1: the Pentagon is now banning US tech vendors from employing
Speaker 1: anyone based in China for sensitive projects. Yugen Vastel at
Speaker 1: Digital Science warns that without sharper research intelligence and rigorous
Speaker 1: network mapping, America might be building its digital future on
Speaker 1: shifting sands and did someone say batteries? China has weaponized
Speaker 1: its battery supply chain dominance, leveraging state subsidies and price
Speaker 1: manipulation to choke off US industrial resilience. Elaine Dezenski and
Speaker 1: Josh Burembaum from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies say
Speaker 1: this hits America's military, supply chain and core industries. Think
Speaker 1: he conveaves his his side. Experts see both countries doubling down,
Speaker 1: China betting on AI and supply chain control, the US
Speaker 1: raising regulatory walls and revamping research security. But with stealthy
Speaker 1: new malware and shifting wto rules, the tech competition has
Speaker 1: gone from trade war to a full on battle for
Speaker 1: digital and strategic supremacy. Don't blink because the next zero
Speaker 1: day could tip the balance. Thanks for tuning in listeners
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