By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. At the same time that the Administration is cutting grants for science medicine and quantum computing , the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has announced a significant increase in science and technology expenditures. While announcing China’s annual budget, Chinese premier Li Qiang unveiled a...

UBS Group has agreed to pay $511 million to settle a U.S. probe into violations by Credit Suisse of an agreement with the Justice Department over American clients who evaded taxes by screting their funds in the bank in Switzerland.Credit Suisse Services AG pleaded...

Charles Lieber is the the former Chair of Harvard’s chemistry department and renowned nanoscientist. In 2021, he was convicted of lying to federal agents about his ties to China. According to the Boston Globe it was recently announced that he has...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. JeffNewmanlaw.com BYD, China's top electric car maker does not manufacture or sell its electric cars in the United States, although BYD has operated here for over a decade, making and selling electric buses, trucks and fleet vehicles. BYD is sold over 4.27 million vehicles...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. JeffNewmanLaw.com China is expanding its "dark factories", completely automated facilities that operate only by robotics and without human workers. Powered by artificial intelligence and davnced sensors, these manufacturing plants are dark because the machines do every task including assembly, inspection and logistics and there...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. JeffNewmanLaw.com Energy consumption in the U.S. is projected to reach 800 Terewatt hours (TWh) annually by 2030 for quantum computing and artificial intelligence. That is 3% of the total U.S. demand now. Major project are already being engaged to use AI and...

Lee Young-hee, an HCR distinguished professor at South Korea's Sungkyunkwan University and a world authority on next-generation semiconductor and battery technology—has been appointed at Hubei University of Technology in China, where he is leading semiconductor and quantum research institutes. After retiring from the Institute for Basic...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. JeffNewmanLaw.com Hutchison Whampoa through its subsidiary Hutchinson Port Holdings has been funding Mexico's ports since the 1990's and it operates Terminal Internacional de MAnzanillo , one of seven port concenssion it holds in Mexico including Ensenada, Veracruz, Lazaro Cardenas and Manzanillo. the Port of...

China and Russia are conducting joint military activitiesat and near U.S. owned Aleutian islands and the Bering straits according to new reports. In July of 2024, multiple Chinese military warships were spotted off the coast of Alaskaover the weekend, the US Coast Guard announced. In a 

Jeffrey A. Newman After NAFTA, Congress passed a new law called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The regulations include 19 CFR 182.1 which outline the responsibilities. Under this law, the U.S. importer of goods, including goods from China is responsible to ensure that the stated country of origin is...