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Tuesday 8 April 2025
DuPont becomes next target in China's expanding antitrust investigations against US firms
As the trade friction and technology war between China and the US continue to intensify, on April 5, 2025, China announced an antitrust investigation into American chemical giant...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Alibaba races to secure Nvidia H20 chips for Apple as US ban looms
Nvidia's H20 chip—originally designed for the Chinese market to comply with US export rules—has unexpectedly surged in demand. A spike in AI infrastructure projects, spearheaded...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Ultra large TVs still see momentum from China's incentive policy
China's incentive program to boost consumption has triggered TV replacement demand starting in the second half of 2024. Although overall demand has slowed recently, the ultra large...
Monday 7 April 2025
LCD TV panel slowdown meets polarizer pinch amid shifting 2Q25 demand
Television brands started pulling in LCD panel orders in the fourth quarter of 2024 to get ahead of US tariffs under Donald Trump's trade policies and to benefit from China's appliance...
Monday 7 April 2025
China semiconductor's Deepseek moment? SiCarrier lithography claims meet skepticism
SiCarrier, once a little-known name in China's chip sector, has jolted the semiconductor industry with bold claims of breakthroughs in photolithography—a field long ruled by...
Monday 7 April 2025
Apple's US$500 billion investment pledge fails to secure tariff exemptions
Apple CEO Tim Cook committed to bringing manufacturing back to the US with a US$500 billion investment. Yet, this move seemingly failed to earn Apple any exemption from tariffs. On...
Monday 7 April 2025
US tariffs on Chinese lithium battery materials create winners and losers in global supply chain
The US has intensified tariffs on Chinese lithium battery materials, beginning with the Inflation Reduction Act under the Biden administration and continuing with President Trump's...
Monday 7 April 2025
TCL CSOT completes acquisition of LG Display's Guangzhou LCD factory
TCL has finalized its acquisition of LG Display's LCD manufacturing plant in Guangzhou, China, officially renaming it "T11" under the management of its subsidiary, TCL China Star...
Monday 7 April 2025
China's aggressive SiC price war set to halve cost by 2025
The Sino-US trade war has accelerated global competition in compound semiconductors, with Chinese manufacturers now aggressively targeting price reductions in silicon carbide (SiC)...
Monday 7 April 2025
Shift in Taiwanese manufacturers' investment strategy under Trump's policies
The US is the world's largest economy, and following Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2025, there have been significant changes across various policies, including trade, domestic...
Monday 7 April 2025
With chip tariffs on the horizon, China goes solo—Is Taiwan prepared?
Just when the global supply chain thought it had a breather, US President Donald Trump's administration is stoking renewed tensions with China by threatening sweeping new tariffs...
Monday 7 April 2025
Weekly news roundup: US hits Asia with steep tariffs; Samsung, TSMC, Intel ramp up AI and chip strategies
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 31 – April 5. From sweeping US tariff hikes to strategic moves by major tech players, here's a quick look...
Monday 7 April 2025
Universal Robots scale to 100,000 cobots worldwide with strong China momentum
Since introducing the world's first commercially available collaborative robot in 2005, Universal Robots (UR) has continuously advanced product design, automation technology, and...
Monday 7 April 2025
The Great Tech Reset 6: China's balance of nationalism and economics
Over the past fifty years, China has driven its national progress through two key forces: economic growth and nationalism. Its rapid economic expansion has not only reshaped Chinese...
Saturday 5 April 2025
Trump tariffs spare no country; Asia and Europe are hit harder
President Donald Trump is imposing tariffs on US trading partners worldwide, his biggest assault yet on a global economic system he has long bemoaned as unfair.
Trump said Wednesday...