U.S.-China Board of Trade sets tariff cuts on corn and beef as raw soybeans stay excluded
The U.S.-China Board of Trade released a 30-for-30 framework on Sept.
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US Senator Daines urges China talks to protect rare earths
The appeal follows a 21% drop in August magnet imports from China, with bilateral working groups seeking to avert shortages…
China bans dual-use sales to MP Materials and US refiners
The Ministry of Commerce export blacklist targets MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, cutting off specialized processing feedstocks…
Trump Threatens Korea With Tariffs Over $54B Alaska LNG Deal
Washington demands full funding for the Arctic energy corridor while Seoul insists a bilateral agreement covers only preliminary…
Hanwha Ocean Procures 1,800-Ton Goliath Crane as RIEC Starts Build
The Chinese equipment builder broke ground on the 205-meter-span gantry crane to double mega-block lifting capacity at the Okpo…
Rapidus forms 17-firm design alliance to back 2nm chip ramp
The Japanese foundry partnered with Synopsys, Cadence and domestic design houses to build an IP library and reduce client…
China waives African tariffs to lock in critical minerals
Beijing reaffirmed duty-free access across 53 African nations on Oct.
TSMC weighs Texas foundry campus to expand US chip capacity
Deliberations over an additional manufacturing site follow $265 billion committed to Arizona, as North American customers…
Hyundai, Toyota and BYD advance in-house solid-state battery lines
Automakers in South Korea, China and Japan are commissioning pilot battery plants to internalize core cell chemistry before…
Samsung prioritizes factory reliability in robot roadmap
The electronics maker targets a 99.99% task success rate across more than 100 manufacturing plants, deferring general humanoid…
SFA and Rainbow Robotics partner on AI manufacturing robots
The South Korean factory equipment supplier deployed two dual-arm humanoids at its Asan center to automate logistics lines by…
Cameco backs $120B US-Korea nuclear pact for eight reactors
A one-off patent waiver clears up to two Korean APR1400 units on American federal land while securing a $4.0 billion licensing…
Evolution Metals scales Korea magnet capacity to 10,000 tons
The Miami-based producer is racing to install 13 Japanese sintering machines by November ahead of a strict Pentagon ban on…
BYD Widens BEV Lead Over Tesla to Record 275,946 Cars in Q3Members
Chinese automaker delivered 762,478 pure electric vehicles in the third quarter, outstripping Tesla by 56.7% as vertical battery…
Korean chip toolmakers target Musk's $16.8 billion Texas fab
Hanmi Semiconductor and HPSP pursue supply roles in SpaceX and Tesla's planned Grimes County facility as Elon Musk acknowledges…
Kawasaki Heavy advances 2030 target for AI humanoid robots
The machinery maker plans to integrate domestic AI platform Noetra into its 30-kilogram payload Kaleido model, accelerating…
USTR lowers China consumer tariffs, squeezing Southeast Asian hubsMembers
A bilateral agreement to restore single-digit duties on $30 billion of Chinese exports reverses a tariff advantage Southeast…
USTR puts no timeline on $60B US-China tariff cuts as supply chains wait
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says domestic legal reviews must precede duty relief on 77 product lines, leaving Asian…
Fanuc previews 11-kg welding cobots for shipyards at Fabtech 2026
The CRX-3iA joins a wave of portable arms entering heavy fabrication, following HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' deployment of 35…
EcoPro replaces affiliate CEOs to defend margins in EV slump
The South Korean cathode producer named new leadership for its parent firm and core manufacturing units to curb capital spending…
China magnet export controls near end of one-year suspension
Western automakers and robotics builders stepped up rare earth magnet purchases as Beijing prepared to let a pause on…
Pentagon ends Chinese mineral waivers before 2027 deadline
The phaseout forces Korean and Japanese naval contractors to trace all neodymium magnets down to the mine under DFARS…
Dysprosium prices jump outside China as buyers split supply
Benchmark and REEx data show heavy rare earths trading up to 17 times higher in Europe and North America as military rules…
Japan leads India FDI with $5.7 billion as factories expand
Ministry data shows Tokyo supplied 28.8% of New Delhi's $19.81 billion first-quarter equity inflows as automakers and component…