Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay 15% of China chip sales revenue to US government
According to this FT article, Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15 per cent of the revenues from chip sales in China, as part of an unusual arrangement with the Trump administration to obtain export licenses for the semiconductors. ▶️ The two chipmakers agreed to the financial arrangement as a condition for obtaining export licences for the Chinese market that were granted last week, according to people familiar with the situation, including a US official. The Financial Times reported on Friday that the commerce department started issuing H20 export licences on Friday, two days after Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang met President Donald Trump. The US official said the administration had also started issuing licenses for AMD’s China chip. ‼️ The quid pro quo arrangement is unprecedented. According to export control experts, no US company has ever agreed to pay a portion of their revenues to obtain export licences. But the deal fits a pattern in the Trump administration where the president urges companies to take measures, such as domestic investments, for example, to prevent the imposition of tariffs in an effort to bring in jobs and revenue to America. Link to article: https://lnkd.in/eZXmhSBP Source: FT
China’s July exports top expectations, rising over 7%; imports record biggest jump in a year ‼️
▶️ Exports climbed 7.2% in July in U.S. dollar terms from a year earlier, customs data showed Thursday, exceeding Reuters-polled economists’ estimates of a 5.4% rise. ▶️Imports rose 4.1% last month from a year earlier, marking the biggest jump since July 2024, according to LSEG data. The data also indicated a recovery in import levels following June’s 1.1% rebound. Economists had forecast imports in July to fall 1.0%, according to a Reuters poll. ▶️On a year-to-date basis, China’s overall exports jumped 6.1% from a year earlier, while imports fell 2.7%, customs data showed. China’s trade surplus this year, as of July, reached $683.5 billion, 32% higher than the same period in 2024. Source: Augur Infinity @AugurInfinity, CNBC
The chart below shows the number of companies founded in China each year.
Private entrepreneurialism fueling China’s economic rise has come to a full stop there. Time will tell what will be the consequences of a pivot to a state run economy again. Source: Michel A.Arouet, FT
If you put a punitive tariff of 25% on India for importing Russian oil, you have to do the same for China, which is an even bigger buyer.
That means China tariffs go from 50% to 75% (and 20% in Jan. '25). Will it be applied on China as well??? Source: Robin Brooks
🚨: China bans cryptocurrency for the 1000th time 👻😱🫂
Source: Barchart
Chinese demand for Gold is exploding
Gold ETF inflows in China just topped $6 BILLION — a new all-time high. Net inflows have more than doubled in the past 3 months. Asia’s appetite for gold has never been stronger. Source: Wall St Gold on X
China's auto industryis a massive below-cost, state subsidized statecraft masking as trade
This is Beijing trying to put the world's auto producers out of business even as domestic carmakers teeter on the verge of collapse, but are propped up by state money. Source: zerohedge, Caixin
Beijing and Washington are expected to extend their tariff truce by another three months at trade talks in Stockholm beginning on Monday
During the expected 90-day extension, the U.S. and China will agree not to introduce new tariffs or take other actions that could further escalate the trade war, the report said. Source: Reuters
