Mike Shepard

The memo says the Chinese company has provided the PLA with what the White House believes to be capabilities threatening US security, according to the FT report. The memo didn’t provide details on what the Chinese military was allegedly targeting in the US, the report said. It claimed Alibaba also supplied the China government and military with access to customer data including internet-protocol addresses, WiFi information, payment records and AI-related services, according to the report.

President Donald Trump said that US tariffs on semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports would be announced “within the next week or so,” as the administration prepares to target key economic sectors in its effort to remake global trade.

El presidente Donald Trump dijo que los aranceles estadounidenses a las importaciones de semiconductores y productos farmacéuticos se anunciarán “en el transcurso de la próxima semana aproximadamente”, mientras el gobierno se prepara para apuntar a sectores económicos clave en su esfuerzo por remodelar el comercio global.

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