Trump's Tariffs Were Built to Close the Trade Gap. The AI Buildout Is Keeping It Open
The July goods gap widened to $118.8B as capital goods imports hit a record $140.1B and Korean chip shipments to the US surged 68.7%
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Shares of memory-related chip companies are trading lower. Chinese memory peer CXMT filed to raise up to almost $10 billion in a Shanghai IPO, which may portend growing competition across the sector.
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