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AssassinsMace

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Pretty much, here's an amusing follow up news on germanium:
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Another show of nothing. It's still going to cost them more and that's why China has a monopoly. Now I wouldn't put it past South Korea to violate human rights for the US to make them cheaper. But then again how is it a threat to China? China can still flood the market making it cost the West even more.
 

AssassinsMace

Lieutenant General

A TikTok deal has finally been reached with China, the Trump administration says​

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A deal has been reached between the Trump administration and China to keep TikTok operational in the United States, administration officials announced Monday, concluding a yearslong effort that began during President Donald Trump’s first term.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that a framework agreement has been reached, and Trump will speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping Friday to finalize the deal. The agreement and conversation is a precursor to a Trump-Xi meeting that both sides have sought for months, US officials said Monday after a framework plan was announced.
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The Trump administration did not name the US-backed buyer, but the group is widely expected to be led by Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison, who last week
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. Trump in January had said he would champion Ellison, a Trump supporter, buying the app’s US assets.
If you saw Trump talking to the media in the Oval Office, it sounded like China might still have a stake which goes against what the ban demanded. TikTok already has 60% of it shares owned by Americans. Might be another Trump actually did nothing and made it spun it into something.
 

siegecrossbow

General
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Something might have happened. Usually Philippine media are always first to report things, but they're all quiet and the few western media reporting are all just quoting CCG spokesperson.

This is why I find it stupid that people freaked out over the collision in early August. It was nothing that changes the actual power balance and as I’ve predicted, no one even cares about it after a week.
 
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