中国已要求本土企业停止使用十余家美国和以色列公司的网络安全软件，理由是存在国家安全风险，且担心敏感数据可能被传送至海外。此举支持北京方面推动加大对本土技术的依赖、减少对西方供应商的依赖的政策。

中国人工智能公司深知在非洲、俄罗斯、白俄罗斯等市场迅速扩张，其采用低成本开源模型并获得政府补贴支持。微软警告称，美国科技公司面临落后风险，因其付费且受控的人工智能系统在价格和可及性方面难以竞争。

英伟达（Nvidia）已准备好向中国出售其 H200 AI 芯片，但在美国政府审查出口许可证期间，出货被搁置。中国客户的强劲需求正在形成，任何批准都可能通过采购订单而非官方公告来体现。

腾讯通过使用日本和澳大利亚的数据中心，而不是将硬件引入中国，获得了英伟达被禁的 Blackwell AI 芯片。这样的安排让腾讯可以继续训练先进的人工智能模型，同时不受美国出口规定的限制。

TikTok 的中国所有者 ByteDance 同意将其美国业务的控制权移交给一家由美国主导的新公司，以避免禁令。该交易使美国和全球投资者获得 80.1% 的所有权，ByteDance 保留 19.9%，合资公司将在当地管理美国的数据、算法和内容。

Amazon and Microsoft are supporting a U.S. law, the GAIN AI Act, to restrict exports of high-performance Nvidia AI chips to China until domestic demand is met. Nvidia has opposed the move, warning it could hurt global competition and cost the company billions, while the U.S. frames it as a national security measure.

China has accused the U.S. of seizing 127,000 bitcoin, worth around $13 billion, in what it calls a state-backed cyber operation rather than a legal asset confiscation. The U.S. says the coins were linked to a Cambodian crypto fraud case, but China argues the seizure shows government-level involvement.

U.S. President Donald Trump has finally met up with Chinese leader Xi Jinpiong in South Korea today in a bid to defuse the escalating trade tensions and reverse the market turmoil sparked by recent tariffs — including the crypto sell-off earlier this month.

In the rollercoaster turn of events, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Sunday that the U.S and China have avoided a catastrophic 100% tariff after both parties have made substantial progress towards their negotiations.

Barely 24 hours after announcing to reporters that he will be having a meeting with Chairman Xi in the weeks to come, Trump is now threatening to impose a tariff of up to 155% on Chinese goods if both countries do not reach a mutual agreement during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Seoul.