"Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025"
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Nexperia's Chinese subsidiary says it has begun producing its own chips using 12-inch wafers, a further step toward independence from its Dutch parent (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nexperia-china-a…
Epstein tried to cozy up to Russian officials, including Putin, documents show (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/02/08/politics/epstein-putin-russian-officials-connections
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p60#a260208p60
Rashan Gary trade grades: Reverberations of the Micah Parsons trade https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7101355/2026/03/09/rashan-gary-packers-cowboys-trade-grades/
European Union Agrees to Landmark Free-Trade Deal With South America (Patricia Cohen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/business/economy/european-union-mercosur-trade.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p39#a260109p39
China says its trade surplus from digital services rose 100% to a record $33B in 2025, boosted by overseas revenue of AI, livestreaming, and e-commerce (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-09/china-dig…
How President Trump's tariffs ended China's monopoly on making US game consoles, boosting Vietnam, whose exports jumped from $30M/month in 2024 to $400M in May (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-trump-tariffs-vietnam-china-video-…
Canada's DC envoy to exit as US trade talks stall (Mike Blanchfield/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/canada-dc-envoy-trade-00683971
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p133#a251209p133
Sources: DeepSeek is developing its new AI model using several thousand Nvidia Blackwell chips, which were smuggled into China via third-party countries (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/deepseek-using-banned-nvidia-chi…
Starmer to Lose Third Top Official With Wormald Expected to Quit (Alex Wickham/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/starmer-to-lose-third-top-official-with-wormald-expected-to-quit
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p31#a260210p31