US officials are probing whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek bought advanced Nvidia semiconductors through third parties in Singapore, circumventing US restrictions on sales of chips used for artificial intelligence tasks, people familiar with the matter said. Meanwhile President Donald Trump is poised to unleash his first wave of tariffs Saturday, sending foreign governments and businesses rushing to skirt potential duties and prepare for retaliation. The targets are unlikely ones: Canada and Mexico, the two biggest buyers of US goods. Trump has pledged 25% tariffs on about $900 billion in goods from both nations, whose trade surpluses with the US have long chafed the president.
Today’s guests: Christian Keller, Barclays
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00:00:28 – Trump reiterates tariffs talk
00:04:13 – Christian Keller, Barclays
00:06:22 – US probes if DeepSeek evaded export rules
00:09:39 – Christian Keller, Barclays
00:15:52 – NTSB find cockpit blackboxes of DC plane collision
00:19:34 – Headlines
00:20:48 – DeepSeek’s ‘Open AI’ Should Terrify Sam Altman: Parmy Olson
00:29:38 – Germany’s immigration showdown
00:34:18 – US, European bank bonus divergence
00:37:46 – Traders assess Trump tariffs impacts
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