Asia In Brief Last week’s trade talks between the USA and China have seen the two countries ease some trade restrictions.

According to a fact sheet published by the White House on Saturday, the talks resulted in China lifting restrictions on the export of rare earths – the minerals needed to make most high-tech products.

Beijing also promised to “terminate its various investigations targeting U.S. companies in the semiconductor supply chain, including its antitrust, anti-monopoly, and anti-dumping investigations.” At the time of writing, China is investigating Nvidia , Qualcomm , and memory-maker Micron .

According to the White House, China will also “take appropriate measures to ensure the resumption of trade from Nexperia’s facilities in China, allowing production of critical legacy c

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