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The Tech Download: Trump's China visit left chip export issue unresolved, with rare earths deal still uncertain

Cnbc · · 803 words · By Kai Nicol-Schwarz
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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“U.S. President Donald Trump on the 20+ hours flight from Alaska to China on Wednesday”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the flight from Alaska to China.
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“Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Tesla's Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook were all onboard, as were execs from Meta, Micron, Qualcomm and Coherent.”
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The web search results for this claim returned irrelevant information about concrete manufacturers and bike shops, providing no evidence regarding the passengers on the flight.
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“Chinese President Xi Jinping saying that China would open up to U.S. businesses.”
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Multiple sources confirm President Xi Jinping's willingness to open China to U.S. businesses, including a Lexology report and a summary of the Trump-Xi summit.
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web search NEUTRAL — Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who is the fifth paramount leader of the People's Republic of China.Xi has pursued an assertive foreign policy, including toward China–United States relations, in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping
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web search NEUTRAL — President Xi Jinping noted that China’s manufacturing industry is basically already open, although some restrictions remain in specific sectors such as automobiles, ships and aircrafts. Create a more …
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=33e68c53-392f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a toast during the state dinner for Donald Trump on May 14, 2026. Getty Images. 2. Xi shows willingness to help Trump on Iran.4. Xi ‘open’ to opening up China for US…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/15/us-news/trump-xi-china-summit-…
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“U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer... said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Friday [that business leaders had the opportunity in a meeting with President Trump and President Xi to talk about their companies]”
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While the summit itself is documented, the specific detail about Jamieson Greer's Bloomberg interview regarding business leaders' opportunities is not explicitly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though the summit context exists.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, began their summit in Beijing on Thursday with a day of elaborate pageantry and high-stakes meetings that touched on trade, Taiwan and other points of c…
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/14/world/trump-xi-summi…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump gestures as he poses for photos with China's President Xi Jinping during a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, on May 15, 2026 [Evan Vucci/pool via AFP].
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/15/after-trumps-ple…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump’s ambitions for his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping have shrunk from ‘grand bargain’ to a plea for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz and a push for small trade deals.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/trump-summit-xi-tra…
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“Greer added that there was no talk of "chip exports controls at the [bilateral] meeting."”
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Multiple independent sources (News.az, Investing.com, and CNN Politics) confirm that Jamieson Greer stated chip export controls were not discussed at the meeting.
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web search NEUTRAL — The latest high level talks between the United States and China in Beijing have drawn significant global attention after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated that Washington’s strict chip e…
https://news.az/news/did-the-us-soften-its-stance-on-chip-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chip export controls not discussed at US-China meeting– Greer tells Bloomberg.Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s term at the helm of the central bank is set to end, and artificial intelligence semi…
https://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/five-things-to-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump-Xi meeting resulted in minor trade deals and discussions, allowing both sides to claim some progress in the contentious economic rivalry. But several sensitive topics were largely absent, in…
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-china-visit-xi-…
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“Reuters reported on Thursday that Washington had cleared sales of Nvidia's H200 AI chips to several major Chinese technology firms”
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The claim is corroborated by a cross-reference (CNBC) and multiple web search results (VINnews, other news reports) confirming the U.S. government cleared the sale of Nvidia H200 chips to Chinese firms.
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web search NEUTRAL — The US government has given chip giant Nvidia the green light to sell its advanced artificial intelligence (AI) processors in China, the Department of Commerce said on Tuesday. The H200, Nvidia's seco…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4erx1n04lo
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web search NEUTRAL — Each approved buyer can purchase up to 75,000 of the H200 chips, Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI processor cleared for the Chinese market, either directly from the company or through intermediaries, …
https://vinnews.com/2026/05/14/us-clears-nvidia-sales-of-adv…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US Government has approved NVIDIA's GPU sales to China, allowing 10 Chinese firms to access the Hopper H200 GPU. Chinese AI Firms Can Now Access NVIDIA's Hopper H200 GPUs, But Only Up To 75,000 Un…
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-to-claw-back-lost-china-market-w…
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“Beijing's chokehold on critical and rare earth minerals was a key factor in the country's retaliation against U.S. tariffs in 2025, curbing some exports before a trade truce came into effect.”
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Multiple sources, including The New York Times and Wired, discuss China's restriction of rare earth exports as a retaliatory measure against U.S. tariffs.
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web search NEUTRAL — A mine for heavy rare earth metals on the outskirts of Longnan, China. The country’s suspension of exports of the metals and magnets is part of its retaliation for President Trump’s sharp increase in …
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earth…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rare earths are a subset of elements under the broader umbrella of critical minerals that China has long enjoyed monopoly control over. In the short term, companies that need these rare earths might b…
https://www.wired.com/story/rare-earth-minerals-china-tariff…
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web search NEUTRAL — The trade war between China and the US has reignited after a truce lasting months - this time over rare earths.It has tightened its grip over rare earth exports in recent months, and now requires comp…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1drqeev36qo
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“Defense tech startup Anduril on Wednesday said it raised $5 billion, doubling its valuation to $61 billion in a funding round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.”
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“Waymo is recalling about 3,800 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues that could allow them to "drive onto a flooded roadway," according to a letter on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website.”
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The claim is only supported by a single cross-reference from CNBC; no other independent sources were provided to corroborate the recall.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Waymo is recalling about 3,800 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues that could allow them to "drive onto a flooded roadway," according to a letter on the National Highway Traffic Safety Admini…
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis…
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“Google's Threat Intelligence Group said in a report on Monday that it thwarted an effort by hackers to use AI models to "plan a mass vulnerability exploitation operation."”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Google's Threat Intelligence Group said in a report on Monday that it thwarted an effort by hackers to use artificial intelligence models to "plan a mass vulnerability exploitation operation."
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/google-thwarts-effort-hacker…
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“OpenAI said Monday it would grant the European Union access to its new cyber model”
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“Anthropic is still holding out on releasing Mythos to the bloc.”
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“Cerebras Systems... ending its first day trading with a market cap of just below $100 billion.”
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“President Xi on Thursday told American CEOs travelling with President Donald Trump that the door to business in China will "open wider," state-backed newspaper Xinhua reported.”
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