The US is urging China to fulfill commitments on rare earths and agriculture before upcoming Trump-Xi meetings, per Reuters.
China has passed a cross-border corruption law, expanding its anti-graft drive, Reuters reports.
US sanctions Chinese firms for alleged military supplies to Cuba, as reported by SCMP.
Nvidia chips are piling up in Hong Kong as China withholds import approvals, Reuters notes.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: diplomatic tensions and trade sanctions. Its words also reach E10 institutions and E11 organizations.
Here it is a dynamic between states, institutions and organizations: The US, Trump-Xi meetings, cross-border corruption law and sanctions (E12 states), with rare earths and agriculture (E10 institutions), and Chinese firms (E11 organizations).
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: The US, Trump-Xi meetings, cross-border corruption law, sanctions.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: rare earths, agriculture.
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: Chinese firms.