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The trouble with MAGA’s chipmaking dreams

DURING a recent summit in Paris, J.D. Vance, America’s vice-president, declared that the world’s most powerful artificial-intelligence (AI) systems would be developed in America with “American-designed and manufactured chips”. That is a...

Nvidia is fighting both Trump and China

One honourable exception to the roster of tech billionaires standing behind Donald Trump at the president’s inauguration on January 20th was Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia. He took a quieter...

Nvidia is fighting off two threats

One honourable exception to the roster of tech billionaires standing behind Donald Trump at the president’s inauguration on January 20th was Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia. He took a quieter...

Nvidia is fighting off two threats. Both involve China

One honourable exception to the roster of tech billionaires standing behind Donald Trump at the president’s inauguration on January 20th was Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia. He took a quieter...

A guide to dodging Trump’s tariffs

In 1881 American customs officials stopped a suspicious shipment of sugar, believing its colour had been altered. Under the prevailing tariff code, the darker the colour, the lower the grade and the...

A guide to dodging Donald Trump’s tariffs

In 1881 American customs officials stopped a suspicious shipment of sugar, believing its colour had been deliberately altered. Under the prevailing tariff code, the darker the colour, the lower the grade and...

Europe is set to start cutting red tape—lightly

If red tape could be said to have a spiritual home, it would be the corridors of the European Commission in Brussels. The beating heart of the “regulatory superpower” that is the...

Leaving the seat of power

The arc of management bends towards sitting on your arse. You may intend to get away from your desk, but it holds you there nonetheless. There are always more emails to clear;...

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