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Monday 7 April 2025
Supply chain forced to reinvent survival playbooks as US-China tariff war redefines industry rules
On April 3, 2025, the United States announced a 34% "reciprocal tariff" on Chinese goods. The next day, China retaliated with a 34% punitive tariff, marking the most significant escalation...
Monday 7 April 2025
Machvision eyes strategic opportunities; US reciprocal tariffs to yield limited fallout
As the US gears up to implement reciprocal tariffs, Taiwan's Machvision, a company specializing in PCB and semiconductor AOI equipment, has carefully assessed potential challenges...
Monday 7 April 2025
Powerlogic expands in Thailand with new subsidiary as Trump slaps 36% tariffs
Powerlogic is strategically diversifying its operations by establishing a new subsidiary in Thailand that focuses on the burgeoning automotive and new application fan sectors. The...
Monday 7 April 2025
Trump's tariff policy signals shift from globalization to protectionism
Trump's April 2 tariffs are not a transitional measure but core to his second-term ideology, marking a fundamental shift from globalization to isolationism and protectionism that...
Monday 7 April 2025
India roundup: Foxconn expands Indian investments as Trump imposes reciprocal tariffs
As Trump imposes a 27% reciprocal tariff against India on top of a 10% baseline duty, India launches an electronics component manufacturing incentive scheme, and Foxconn continues...
Monday 7 April 2025
No retaliation: Taiwan aims to stabilize US trade ties after tariff hike
Taiwan President William Lai (Lai Ching-te) delivered a national address on Sunday in response to the US decision to impose a 32% tariff on Taiwanese exports, part of the Trump administration's...
Monday 7 April 2025
GMI projects strong AI growth under uncertain global economic changes, expands automotive market
IC distributor GMI Technology (GMI) has stated that the first half of 2025 will be shaped by ongoing global political and economic changes, as well as the impact of tariff policies...
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
Dassault achieves breakthrough with digital twins for heart research
Dassault Systèmes has announced another major breakthrough in applying digital twin technology to cardiological research.
Monday 7 April 2025
RTX 50 laptops arrive, but will they jolt flatlining PC market?
Nvidia's long-awaited RTX 50 series gaming laptops have finally hit the market, stirring modest activity in an otherwise stagnant notebook supply chain. However, with early models...
Monday 7 April 2025
Apple production hubs hit by tariffs
Apple Inc. is finding itself squarely in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump's new tariffs, even after a yearslong effort to insulate the iPhone maker from trade wars and supply...
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
Wistron accelerates US expansion as US announces 32% tariffs on Taiwan
In a move against the US reciprocal tariffs, Taiwan-based Wistron Corporation has announced a substantial investment in a new US subsidiary focused on AI product manufacturing. The...
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...
Saturday 5 April 2025
Trump's tariff shock: Quanta hit hard, Wiwynn and Inventec catch a break
The implementation of equal tariffs by the US has taken the industry by surprise, leading to significant changes in the server supply chain. Initially, original design manufacturers...