The European Union has rushed through a US-EU tariff agreement after US President Donald Trump demanded that Brussels complete the deal by July 4, the 250th anniversary of US independence, or face higher 25% tariffs on auto and auto parts imports. According to media reports, the European Parliament recently held an emergency vote to approve the agreement, while the EU simultaneously added three safeguards to guard against the risk of renewed tariff hikes.

SK Hynix is reported to have held a private meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Allison Hooker, with industry sources speculating the discussions covered high-bandwidth memory cooperation with major U.S. technology firms and potential semiconductor investment expansion.

General Biologicals (GBC) held its shareholders’ meeting on the 17th, saying the group is moving from restructuring into scaled, international growth. The precision medicine company is betting on clear long-term demand in global precision medicine, smart healthcare, and regenerative medicine as it expands its CLIA/AIO systems, circulating tumor cell (CTC) testing technology, Oh care brand, and overseas footprint.

Cornelis Networks has announced the successful deployment of the Lynx supercomputing cluster at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, marking a significant milestone for the company’s CN5000 Omni-Path networking platform and the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Commodity Technology Systems (CTS-2) program.

China’s semiconductor supply chain is showing fresh signs of pricing strain, with microcontroller unit (MCU) makers and passive component suppliers facing rising costs, tighter capacity, and surging demand from AI servers.

Plug and Play’s Wayne Soh on the shifting flows of Chinese, Indian, and Taiwanese founders through the city-state.