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Trade
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News Chips & infrastructure
US charges a California company owner with smuggling more than $300 million of GPU servers to China
Prosecutors say the servers went through Malaysia and Singapore on false paperwork. An indictment is an allegation; he is presumed innocent.
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News Chips & infrastructure
US will bar importers from bringing in polysilicon if they stockpile before December's tariffs
Polysilicon is the base material for chips and solar panels. A temporary rule lets the Commerce Department stop companies importing far above their usual volumes until minimum prices and tariffs start on 4 December.
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News Chips & infrastructure
US sets minimum import prices for polysilicon and a 15% tariff on its derivatives, from December
The floor prices run from $21 a kilogram for polysilicon to $0.38 a watt for solar modules. The material underpins both chips and solar panels.
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News Chips & infrastructure
US puts a 25% tariff on some imported advanced chips, with wide exemptions, and signals broader chip tariffs
Chips for US data centres, research, start-ups, consumer and public-sector uses are exempt. Wider tariffs on semiconductors depend on trade negotiations.