š Trump plans to hike India tariffs by over 25% within 24 hours, impose new levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals rising to 150ā250% within 1.5 years, and may extend a China trade truce while warning of more global tariffs.
š©šŖ Germany is launching a ā¬100āÆbillion Deutschlandfonds, starting with ā¬10āÆbillion in public funding to attract up to ā¬100āÆbillion in private investment for strategic sectors like defense, energy, and raw materials.
š¬š§ UK firms are increasingly hiring contractorsāup 22% since Aprilāto avoid higher payroll taxes from a Ā£26āÆbillion hike, while permanent job vacancies have fallen 9% and over 180,000 employee roles have been cut since October.
š± OpenAI is in early talks to let employees sell shares in a deal that could value the company at $500āÆbillionāup from $300āÆbillionāas it eyes a future IPO amid soaring ChatGPT revenue, now at a $12ā20āÆbillion run rate.
šØš³ China summoned Nvidia over alleged tracking risks in its H20 chips, signaling red lines against U.S. surveillance tech as tensions rise over AI exportsā#NVIDIA stock closed at $957.28 today.