REPORT: Walmart and Other U.S. Retailers Reportedly Notify Chinese Suppliers to Resume Shipments But Tariffs Cost Will be on U.S. Firms.
Several Chinese exporters said that major U.S. retailers, including Walmart, have informed some Chinese suppliers to resume shipments after
Analyst @SemiAnalysis_ / fundamental research on AI infra/semis.
"when your motivation runs low, your discipline takes over"
Seoul, South Korea
Joined February 2017
- China's New AI Industry Development Action Plan (中国银行支持人工智能产业链发展行动方案) Will Provide 1 trillion yuan ($ 137 billion) to support its AI industry over the next five years 🇺🇸🇨🇳 This might be the most important Chinese AI policy initiative in 2025 so far. /1
- Report: Malaysia becomes the first country outside China to deploy Huawei chips (likely Ascend GPUs), servers, and DeepSeek's LLM. Malaysia has officially launched the Strategic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Infrastructure, becoming the first in the region to activate a
- Must-Read: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's Remark on House Foreign Affairs Committee Today: "But we are at an inflection point; the United States needs to decide if it is going to continue to lead the global development and deployment of AI or if we are going to retreat and retrench.
- Huawei and BYD Shine in Meeting with Xi today. Seating arrangements hold significant importance in Chinese culture, especially at high-profile events like this. Typically, the more central your position and the closer you are to the most senior figure in the room, the greater
- BIG: China Launches Antitrust Investigation on Google! This comes at a time when the U.S. is prepared to impose 10% tariffs on China and launch a new round of export controls in limiting the export of Nvidia's H20 to China
- REPORT: China reportedly plans mega-merger of chip toolmakers—from 200 players to merely 10 China is pushing forward a major consolidation plan to restructure its fragmented semiconductor equipment sector, reportedly cutting more than 200 domestic firms down to just 10 core
- Wow. REPORT: China bans export of Korean goods containing its rare earth metals to US The Chinese government has warned South Korean companies of retributions for exporting any product containing its critical metals to US military contractors, a move expected to take a toll on
- Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas (cover Tesla) argues that “China may have already won the EV battle,” pointing to Xiaomi’s new SU7, which he dubs an “electric Ferrari at a Volkswagen price.” This is probably the most blunt equity research I have read this week, and he
- BIG: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Releases Detailed Guidelines on Tariff Exemptions for Select Products — Including Semiconductors, Electronic Devices, and AI Servers (See HS Codes Below). *As long as the exported product to U.S. aligned with the HS code below, the tariffs












