A US federal court has granted the Trump administration’s request for a temporary stay of a ruling made by the Court of International Trade against its sweeping tariffs policy. The White House is appealing the trade court’s decision while insisting there are alternative methods to collect tariffs. Though Trump remains defiant in the face of legal challenges, growing judicial resistance casts doubt on his administration’s tariff strategy.

Following TSMC’s recent shareholder meeting, Chairman C. C. Wei addressed several key issues, including trade tariffs and international expansion plans. Wei emphasized that tariff negotiations happen between governments, not between nations and individual companies. He stressed that TSMC’s global expansion decisions are driven primarily by customer needs and local government support, not subsidies and that the company remains committed to being a cornerstone of the semiconductor industry through technological excellence and corporate culture.

Japan’s SoftBank has partnered with Intel to co-develop cutting-edge DRAM tailored for AI applications, aiming to challenge the incumbent High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) technology. The new chip initiative could receive backing from the Japanese government and is part of a broader national effort to revitalize Japan’s semiconductor ecosystem.

Huawei launched Hubble Technology Investment Co. in response to US sanctions in 2019, a wholly owned subsidiary aimed at accelerating China’s push for semiconductor independence. Hubble has since become a cornerstone of Huawei’s strategy to localize its supply chain, with investments spanning chip design, fabrication equipment, semiconductor materials, and EDA software.