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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to Beijing. Bites your friendly neighborhood, tech and cyberbeat.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ting and I'm here to break down the wildest

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<v Speaker 1>fortnight in the US China tech war, served up with

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<v Speaker 1>a side of wit, no MSG or spyware, I promise.

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<v Speaker 1>So where to start? Last week? Imagine the world's two

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<v Speaker 1>biggest frenemies, Uncle Sam and the People's Republic duking it

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<v Speaker 1>out in Geneva. Trade delegates sweating over their lattes, finally

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<v Speaker 1>hammering out a ninety day tariff truce. No, this isn't

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<v Speaker 1>a nineties rom com, but it has almost as much drama.

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<v Speaker 1>The US and China agreed to slash tariffs on each

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<v Speaker 1>other's goods, with tariffs dropping from apocalyptic levels two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and forty five percent on some Chinese imports one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty five percent the other way to a more

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<v Speaker 1>civil ten percent. But don't breathe easy. Trump's special twenty

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<v Speaker 1>percent tax meant to punish Beijing for the fentanyl crisis

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<v Speaker 1>still stands, so total US tariffs hover around thirty percent.

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<v Speaker 1>That's like ordering extra chili oil and realizing your stomach

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<v Speaker 1>still isn't safe now. The non tariff Shenanigans. Beijing added

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<v Speaker 1>eleven US companies to their Infamous Unreliable Entities list, basically

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<v Speaker 1>giving them the digital cold shoulder, barring them from import, export,

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<v Speaker 1>and investment in China. Another sixteen US firms, mostly defense

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<v Speaker 1>and aerospace, got slapped onto the export control blacklist, meaning

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<v Speaker 1>no more dual use tech for you. Plus, the Ministry

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<v Speaker 1>of Commerce launched an anti dumping probe into US medical

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<v Speaker 1>CT tubes and dropped an anti monopoly bomb on a

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<v Speaker 1>major US chemical company's China arm And if you're in

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<v Speaker 1>the rare earth's game, you'll want to sit down. China

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<v Speaker 1>clamped export controls on seven types of rare earths, the

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<v Speaker 1>lifeblood of everything from evs to missiles. Considering China controls

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<v Speaker 1>ninety percent of global rare earth supply, that's a power move. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>in the IT world, Deep Seek, Yes, that hyped up

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<v Speaker 1>AI startup has been powering up PCs, robots and evs

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<v Speaker 1>from Lenovo to Jili, deploying AI in ways that would

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<v Speaker 1>make even Elon Musk raise an eyebrow. Deutsche Bank called

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<v Speaker 1>it a Sputnik moment for Chinese tech. Of course, the

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<v Speaker 1>US is watching with one eye on the sanctions list.

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<v Speaker 1>On the policy front, both sides are eyeing a fragile

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<v Speaker 1>daytont but industry experts warn it projects and supply chains

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<v Speaker 1>are still in limbo. The markets are up, and Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>tweeting win that, but let's be real, the clock's ticking.

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<v Speaker 1>If this ninety day tariff pause doesn't turn into something more,

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<v Speaker 1>those twenty four percent tariffs from April ssecond could come

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<v Speaker 1>roaring back on August ten. Think of it as a

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<v Speaker 1>software trial that expires unless you cough up for the

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<v Speaker 1>pro version. Cybersecurity still a battlefield too. No major new

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<v Speaker 1>hacks in the past two weeks, but every analyst I

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<v Speaker 1>know says the quiet part out loud. The US and

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<v Speaker 1>China are both ramping up cyber deterrents with Beijing's new

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<v Speaker 1>export controls and Washington's expanded blacklist for Chinese chip makers.

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<v Speaker 1>What's next. Expect more chess less checkers, China's doubling down

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<v Speaker 1>on AI and green tech, betting big on self reliance,

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<v Speaker 1>the US still trying to thread the needle between innovation

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<v Speaker 1>and protectionism. Some analysts say this is the calm before

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<v Speaker 1>the next tech storm, as both sides figure out just

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<v Speaker 1>how much detante each can stomach, So keep your fire

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<v Speaker 1>walls up and your VPNs ready. Beijing bytes signing off

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<v Speaker 1>until next time, May your code compile and your cyber

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