Tiny piece of technology emerges as a source of U.S. tensions with China, Russia

CBS News— Semiconductors have emerged as a key battleground between the U.S. and Russia and the growing Cold War between the U.S. and ChinaThe chips are imperative for almost every type of technology out there today. But while American tech companies design the world's most advanced chips, none are actually made in the U.S. Almost all of them come from Taiwan. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, 52, said the market failed to get it right in the case of semiconductors. Almost all of America's advanced chips...

Fortune—U.S. Secretary of State buys Taylor Swift album in China to wrap up key visit after warning on EV overproduction, Russia. Antony Blinken stopped at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchanges.

The Foreign Desk—U.S Official: China’s Government is Hiding Labor and Human Rights Violations. The Chinese government is undermining workplace audits in China to hide human and labor rights violations, according to a U.S. Labor Department official. Thea Lee, the Labor Department’s deputy undersecretary for international affairs, testified to Congress on Tuesday that workplace audits in China are extremely unreliable. Audits are often announced ahead of time, which gives

WTRF—U.S. Senators call for investigation into U.S. Steel’s sale to Japanese company. WEIRTON, W.Va. (WTRF) -- In December, the Pittsburgh-based steel company U.S. Steel agreed to sell the company to Japan’s largest steel manufacturer, Nippon Steel. Now, two U.S. Senators are calling on President Biden to look deeper into this sale and the effects it could have on the country. Just months after U.S. Steel agreed to []