It has decided to end an antitrust investigation into the domain of the operating system of the world’s largest smartphone market, the Financial Timesciting sources close to the subject.
State administration for market regulation is abandoning the investigation precisely when Beijing and Washington are involved in delicate trade negotiations, the FT. Instead, (), manufacturer of essential chips for artificial intelligence training and operation, according to the newspaper.
This decision can be seen as a peace gesture before an important connection scheduled for Friday (19) between the US President, and his Chinese counterpart ,. China has announced its investigation against Google from Alphabet () in February – shortly after Washington imposing a 10% rate on Chinese products, rekindling the world’s largest economies.
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“Google practically has no relevant business in China-this is purely a symbolic gesture of goodwill,” said Vey-Sern Ling, managing director of Union Bancaire Privée. “Each favor tells, even those who cost nothing.”
Beijing turned his attention to Nvidia this week, just before the decisive meeting.
The Chinese cyberspace regulator instructed companies such as Alibaba () to suspend NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000D requests, a semiconductor for workstations that can be used in artificial intelligence applications.
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This occurred after the market regulatory agency concluded that Nvidia violated antimonopoly laws with the acquisition of $ 7 billion from Mellanx in 2020. Days before, Beijing announced the beginning of an anti -dumping investigation against a type of semiconductor manufactured by American companies such as Texas Instruments ().
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