The Latest Breaking News from Howard Lutnick

In a significant shift in U.S. industrial policy, the Donald Trump administration has acquired direct ownership stakes in five major publicly traded companies. This series of interventions, framed as a national security strategy, marks a new era of government involvement in key industries to secure domestic supply chains for semiconductors,…

Earlier this month, Taiwan firmly rejected the Donald Trump administration's proposal for an even split in semiconductor production between the U.S. and Taiwan.

Nvidia cannot start shipping its AI chips to the UAE, as the country is reportedly yet to finalize its investments in the U.S.

The "Taiwan Model" has been proposed by a new delegation that seeks to form a high-tech alliance between Taiwan and the U.S., whereby the former will help its companies make investments in the U.S. to satisfy demands for expansion into the country.

A multibillion-dollar deal for Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) to supply advanced AI chips to the UAE has been stalled for months, reportedly frustrating CEO Jensen Huang as U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick pushes Abu Dhabi to finalize investments before shipments proceed.

NIST just released a study showing OpenAI's and Anthropic's models defeating DeepSeek in several benchmarks.

The White House wants to move at least 50% of U.S.-bound chip production into the United States, but Taiwan says no.

Taiwan "will not agree" to making 50 percent of its semiconductors in the United States, the island's lead tariff negotiator said Wednesday, as Washington pressures Taipei to produce more chips on US soil.

The Trump Administration has been aggressively pursuing equity stakes in major US private firms since July.

President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have placed a bold demand on the global semiconductor industry: half of all chips used in America must be manufactured in America. 

Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM) stock trended Tuesday as escalating geopolitical tensions sharpen Washington’s push to shift critical semiconductor production to the United States.