Jan 6 (Reuters) – Chinese officials are reviewing Meta’s (META) $2 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus over possible technology control violations, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Meta and Manus did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Chinese…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing will not take any steps toward his long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office. Trump said the contentious issue of Taiwan did not come up in his…
President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday signed the critical minerals agreement framework that aims to boost US access to both the mining and processing of Australian rare earth resources. It was a move aimed squarely at China, which recently moved to choke off its own exports of rare earth minerals, and…
