According to an overnight CNN report, Donald Trump’s truce with China in the trade war he created could fall apart after his administration made two unforeseen “bombshell” announcements.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that the U.S. will “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students” studying in critical fields or if they have connections to the Chinese Communist Party, an announcement which was met with a wave of anger by families in China, many of whom have saved for years to educate their children abroad.
The second blow came after the Financial Times reported that “moves by US President Donald Trump had effectively cut off some American companies from selling software used to design semiconductors to China.”
That one-two punch has reportedly “infuriated” Chinese authorities who felt they had made progress with the volatile Trump as the clock ticks on a 90-day pause on increased tariffs.
Soon: On other news Chinese company wahweii (the i is silent) has now released software to develop semiconductors and Chinese university Nahwaydoode has begun operations in 35 countries including 100 sites in China.