https://www.scmp.com/rss/524241/feed The latest news and top stories on Gina Raimondo. Known for her extensive career in public service and venture capital, she has a background in economic development and finance. Her work as the 75th Governor of Rhode Island involved initiating investment programmes and reforming the state's pension system. As a key figure in the current administration, her responsibilities likely involve driving US competitiveness, fostering job creation and innovation, and advancing economic and national... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Jean Iau Jean Iau Singapore’s top diplomat said on Wednesday that United States President Donald Trump had held the same views on free trade and immigration for decades, despite being widely seen as erratic and among the most unpredictable of American leaders. Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan was responding at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum to a question on how his country would navigate Trump’s less consistent, more freewheeling and unilateralist approach. Balakrishnan pointed to a 1988 interview with... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3333436/trump-uniquely-consistent-decades-singapores-vivian-balakrishnan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3333436/trump-uniquely-consistent-decades-singapores-vivian-balakrishnan?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:35:32 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Former US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo said US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are likely to outlive his administration, sustained by political fears that removing protectionist barriers will alienate workers who fear losing their jobs to offshoring and AI. Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, Raimondo argued that the political cost of unwinding tariffs is too high for any future administration, regardless of party. “Tariffs, once they’re put on, are hard to take off,”... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333410/trumps-tariffs-endure-beyond-his-presidency-amid-worker-fears-and-ai-concerns-raimondo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333410/trumps-tariffs-endure-beyond-his-presidency-amid-worker-fears-and-ai-concerns-raimondo?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:26:29 +0000 Luna Sun Luna Sun The administration of US President Donald Trump hopes to confirm a deal to secure rare earth supplies from China by Thanksgiving, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview, framing the agreement as vital to shoring up America’s supply chains. The remarks came as the Council on Foreign Relations, a US-based think tank, warned in a new report that the US’ reliance on Chinese critical minerals remained a major strategic vulnerability that Washington needed to address. A rare earths deal... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3333113/us-races-secure-china-rare-earths-deal-worries-over-chokeholds-linger?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3333113/us-races-secure-china-rare-earths-deal-worries-over-chokeholds-linger?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:00:17 +0000 Frank Tang Frank Tang One of the architects of former US President Joe Biden’s tech export controls warned on Thursday that Washington needs better coordination with allies to deny China access to high-end chips and cutting-edge products, criticising a plan by US President Donald Trump’s administration to allow sales of certain Nvidia chips. Citing Beijing’s massive spending on efforts to establish China’s technological leadership, former commerce secretary Gina Raimondo said in a panel discussion at the Council on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3332714/china-must-not-be-sold-latest-cutting-edge-technology-says-former-us-commerce-secretary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3332714/china-must-not-be-sold-latest-cutting-edge-technology-says-former-us-commerce-secretary?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:37:19 +0000 Frank Tang Frank Tang Washington should focus its industrial policy on strategic, cutting-edge technologies rather than trying to bring back manufacturing wholesale, particularly in areas where the US has little competitive advantage, said members of the former Joe Biden administration. This comes at a time when US policy circles are debating whether the nation should borrow some of China’s playbook as the bilateral competition intensifies and how far it should go as China’s state-led system makes a big bet on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3329993/biden-era-officials-urge-focus-hi-tech-strategy-not-us-manufacturing-revival?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3329993/biden-era-officials-urge-focus-hi-tech-strategy-not-us-manufacturing-revival?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 21:04:45 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo China policy – or for that matter any policy – coming out of the Donald Trump White House is not usually known for being the product of considered thought and deliberation. But allowing China to resume buying more legacy chips other than the most advanced ones may be its most rational and defensible yet. Negotiations after Geneva and London led to China loosening export controls on rare earths and the US allowing chipmakers such as Nvidia to resume selling its H20 artificial intelligence (AI)... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3319757/trump-right-reverse-bidens-failed-curbs-chips-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3319757/trump-right-reverse-bidens-failed-curbs-chips-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jul 2025 13:00:12 +0000