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index.feed.received.today — 9 mai 2025

China exports beat expectations despite slump in trade with US

9 mai 2025 à 07:05

April trade data comes the day before representatives from Washington and Beijing were set to meet to discuss Trump’s tariffs

Chinese trade with the United States slumped in April even as its total exports beat forecasts, official figures show, as trade representatives from both nations prepared to meet this weekend in the midst of a gruelling trade war between the superpower rivals.

Exports to the United States – one of China’s top trading partners – fell 17.6% in April, data showed. Against that backdrop, analysts polled by Bloomberg had expected exports to rise just 2% year-on-year last month. However they beat expectations, coming in at 8.1%.

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© Photograph: AP

© Photograph: AP

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Barbie maker Mattel to raise some US prices due to Trump tariffs

6 mai 2025 à 09:23

Carmaker Ford says tariffs will cost it about $1.5bn this year as toymaker says it will reduce imports from China

Barbie maker Mattel has said it will increase prices for some products in the US as Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs bump up costs for the toymaker.

The US represents about half of Mattel’s global toy sales, and the company imports about 20% of its goods sold in the country from China. Mattel said it would reduce imports into the US from China to below 15% by 2026.

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© Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

© Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

OpenAI reverses course and says non-profit arm will retain control of firm

5 mai 2025 à 21:26

CEO, Sam Altman, says decision to backtrack was made ‘after hearing from civic leaders’ and state attorneys general

OpenAI has reversed course in the process of transforming into a for-profit entity, announcing on Monday that its non-profit arm would continue to control the business that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) products. Previously, the company had sought more independence for its for-profit division.

“We made the decision for the nonprofit to stay in control after hearing from civic leaders and having discussions with the offices of the Attorneys General of California and Delaware,” said CEO Sam Altman in a letter to employees. Altman and the chair of OpenAI’s non-profit board, Bret Taylor, said the board made the choice for the non-profit to retain control of OpenAI.

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© Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

© Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Three people killed and seven missing after boat capsizes off San Diego coast

6 mai 2025 à 03:48

Two children believed to be among missing as search continues for people believed to be migrants

Three people were killed and seven others, including two children, were missing after a small boat capsized in choppy waters off the coast of San Diego, California, on Monday.

The fatal disaster appeared to be an apparent migrant smuggling attempt, officials said. Four other people were rescued after the “panga”-style open fishing vessel washed ashore near Torrey Pines state beach were transported to hospital, according to US Coast Guard officials.

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© Photograph: Denis Poroy/AP

© Photograph: Denis Poroy/AP

Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’

5 mai 2025 à 01:54

President calls films ‘national security threat’ and claims he called on commerce department to immediately enact tariff

Donald Trump on Sunday announced on his Truth Social platform a 100% tariff on all movies “produced in Foreign Lands”, saying the US film industry was dying a “very fast death” due to the incentives that other countries were offering to draw American film-makers.

In his post, he claimed to have authorised the commerce department and the US trade representative to immediately begin instituting such a tariff.

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© Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

© Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

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