Beijing has cast a new shadow over a $35 billion merger between U.S. software giants Synopsys and Ansys, postponing its regulatory approval. The decision comes as the latest ripple in escalating U.S.-China tech tensions.

The Taiwanese government added Chinese firms Huawei and SMIC to its export control entity list, a move likely to provoke a strong reaction from Beijing.

Last week, Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators met in London, and announced that they had agreed to a "framework" of an agreement, focusing on implementing the previous deal agreed to in Geneva. Details remain sparse, and in this piece CTM goes through some key issues and questions.

At a Congressional hearing today, a Trump administration official in charge of export controls was pressed for details on what was agreed between China and the U.S. in London earlier this week, but did not reveal any new information.

At today's press conference, the spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce delivered a comprehensive update on the nation's foreign trade landscape and offered general comments on the recent U.S.-China trade talks and Beijing's principles on export controls.

Senior U.S. and Chinese officials met in London yesterday and today for trade talks, with U.S. negotiators announcing afterwards that there was "a handshake ... for a framework," and they would "start to implement that framework upon the approval of President Trump, and the Chinese will

Last week, European Union trade chief Maros Šefčovič and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met in France and made progress on the EU anti-subsidy case on Chinese EVs, China's anti-dumping case on EU brandy, and China's rare earth export control policies, according to officials from China&