China cries foul over US trade pact violation: Beijing has criticized the US for allegedly going back on the trade pact agreed upon in Geneva last month and pledged to take “resolute and forceful measures” in response, Axios reports, citing a press briefing. The criticism comes after Washington introduced more restrictions on AI chip exports to China, suspending the sale of chip design software to Chinese companies among other measures in what the US President Donald Trump said was a reaction to Beijing’s restriction of critical mineral exports, Reuters reported last week.

But China’s been cutting back export controls, AmCham says: The Chinese government has been curtailing its export restrictions on rare earths over the past week, amid contrary claims by top US officials, Bloomberg reports, citing comments by the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China Michael Hart. Some delays are attributable to the Chinese government working to approve exports via a new export licensing system, Hart said.

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