Speaking at CNBC’s Invest in America Forum, the CEOs said the U.S. still leads in many sectors, but inconsistent policy and underinvestment is ceding ground.
Monthly Archives For October 2025
Bessent slams China on rare earths but says extending pause on tariffs is possible
Treasury Secretary Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer slammed China in a joint press conference Wednesday, saying the country has violated an earlier accord with the US by asserting …
New York woman infected with deadly virus that prompted Covid-era restrictions in China
Officials have confirmed after lab testing that the woman was infected with the chikungunya virus, making her the first person ever to be infected in New York …
ASML is prepared for China’s rare-earth export controls — finance head says company has stock thanks to long lead times
ASML’s finance head, Roger Dassen, said the company has sufficient rare-earth reserves to keep production running despite China’s new export-control regime that kicks in on December 1 and can halt …
US officials blast China’s actions on rare earths, urge Beijing to back down
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. officials on Wednesday blasted China’s major expansion of rare earth export controls as a threat to global supply chains, but said …
Trump admin slams China’s ‘global power grab’ on rare earths, threatens triple digit tariffs
Trump administration officials work to stabilize U.S.-China relations after trade war threats, with President Donald Trump prepared to meet Xi Jinping.
China rare earth export curbs a ‘lose-lose’ for everyone, Spain economy minister says
“We are very concerned because of the potential impact” of the growing US-China trade spat, Carlos Cuerpo said at Semafor’s World Economy Summit.
Bunge Soars After Trump Targets Cooking Oil Imports From China
Shares of Bunge and other agricultural companies are rising thanks to threats of a ban on used cooking oil – a key ingredient needed to produce renewable fuels.
U.S. will ‘neither be commanded nor controlled’ by China, says Bessent as trade standoff deepens
Beijing has yet to approve the sale of TikTok U.S., increase soybean purchases or ease export controls, despite several rounds of U.S. trade talks.
China Got Trump’s Attention but Renewed a Risky Game of Chicken
Xi Jinping’s need to project strength before a crucial meeting of Communist Party leaders may help explain why Beijing announced new rare earth controls.
India Overtakes China in World Air Force Ranking
With modernized capabilities and recent precision operations, India’s air force is emerging as a major regional and global power.
Starmer says the government will publish witness statements in collapsed China spy case
Kemi Badenoch says “it all stinks of a cover up” – and claims the case was dropped last month because the government was “too weak to stand up to China”.
Trump ready to meet with China’s Xi in South Korea, Bessent tells CNBC
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday insisted that Washington did not want to escalate a trade conflict with China, stressing that President Donald Trump is ready to meet Chinese …
