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China's Ministry of Commerce Cuts Rare Earth Export Quotas by 72%
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE16.2 years agoBloomberg[2] reported the Ministry of Commerce's 72% cut to second-half 2010 rare earth export quotas, citing the official quota figures, on July 9, 2010.China's Ministry of Commerce slashed its second-half 2010 rare earth export quotas by 72%, tightening its grip on the roughly 97% of global rare earth supply it mined at the time. The move, framed as an environmental crackdown on unregulated mining, sent rare earth prices soaring within days.0.67The First Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Goods Take Effect
Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesOffice of the United States Trade Representative
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE8.2 years agoUSTR's[1] 15 June 2018 release states that "Customs and Border Protection will begin to collect the additional duties on July 6, 2018".US Customs began collecting an extra 25 percent on 818 tariff lines worth about $34 billion of Chinese imports on 6 July 2018 — the opening move of the trade war, and the first time since the 1930s that the United States taxed a major trading partner at this scale.0.63The United States and China Sign the Phase One Trade Deal
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE6.7 years agoUSTR[1][3] states that "the United States and China signed an historic and enforceable agreement on a Phase One trade deal on January 15, 2020".After eighteen months of escalating tariffs the two sides signed an 'historic and enforceable agreement' in the East Room on 15 January 2020 — purchase commitments, intellectual-property rules and a ban on forced technology transfer. Most of the tariffs stayed in place.0.61US and Taiwan Sign a $250 Billion Chip Investment Deal
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE251 days agoCNBC[1], published 15 January 2026: 'The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement ... the Department of Commerce announced Thursday'; USTR's[2] February fact sheet dates the 'Memorandum of Understanding signed by AIT and TECRO on January 15, 2026'. No signing time is given, so it is an all-day date.A memorandum signed in Washington commits Taiwanese chipmakers such as TSMC to at least $250 billion of new US investment plus $250 billion in Taiwan credit guarantees, in return for a 15% tariff cap and Section 232 chip-tariff exemptions for companies building US fabs.0.60Clinton Signs Permanent Normal Trade Relations With China
CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE26.0 years agoThe Statutes at Large text carries the note "Oct. 10, 2000 - [H.R. 4444]" against the enacting clause of Public Law 106-286.[1]Public Law 106-286 ended the annual congressional fight over China's trade status and cleared the last American obstacle to its entry into the WTO. It is the single act that opened the United States market to Chinese manufacturing on permanent terms.0.60China rolls out a further 1 trillion yuan in economic stimulus ($146 billion dollars)
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE4.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the pin description: "…ng infrastructure projects. Tight rules were announced alongside the measures that require the proje…"Among the allowances, state policy banks were given an additional 300 billion yuan ($44 billion) focused mainly on financing infrastructure projects. Tight rules were announced alongside the measures that require the projects to be profit-making and targeted.
Local governments were given the green light to use more than 500 billion yuan ($73 billion) of existing special bond quotas and were promised reduced financing costs through interest-rate changes.
Amid an energy crisis sparked by severe droughts and heat waves, the cabinet said central-government-run electricity firms will be allowed to sell 200 billion yuan ($29 billion) in special debt to ensure adequate energy supply.
$146B0.60The United States and China Establish Diplomatic Relations
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE47.7 years agoThe Office of the Historian states that "the Joint Communiqué stated that the United States would begin official diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China on January 1, 1979, and that the two countries would open Embassies on March 1". The agreement itself was announced on 15 December 1978.[1]From 1 January 1979 Washington recognised the People's Republic as the sole legal government of China and withdrew recognition from Taipei, ending thirty years in which the United States had treated the Republic of China on Taiwan as the government of all China.0.59Huang: Nvidia will sell twice as many chips next year
Jensen Huang told reporters at a summit with King Charles III in Scotland that he expects Nvidia to sell twice as many chips next year as this year, citing AI demand in almost every country. Nvidia does not disclose total chip counts.0.58GLOBALFOUNDRIES will jump directly from 14nm to 7nm
CONFIRMED79% CONFIDENCE8.5 years agoHappened as dated, per hexus.net[1]: "…xf Add to My Vault: GLOBALFOUNDRIES has announced that it plans to power straight through to 7nm Fin…"Tech expected to be ready for chip designers in H2 2017, production in early 2018. It will skip "the marginal performance and power benefits for the high cost of the 10nm process node" to hopefully become a leading differentiated 7nm chip fabricator ahead of major rivals.0.58China Bans New Skyscrapers Over 500 Metres Nationwide
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE6.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "new buildings over 500 metres in height are not allowed to be built."China's housing ministry issued a nationwide notice halting construction of any new building taller than 500 metres and tightly restricting towers over 250 metres.0.58Biden Starts the Largest Drawdown in the Reserve's History
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE4.6 years agoDOE's press release is dated 1 March 2022, the day the President authorised the release; the notice of sale followed on 2 March.[1]Four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Biden ordered crude out of the SPR as the US share of an IEA release of 60 million barrels. It did not stop there: by that summer 180 million barrels had gone, the biggest emergency sale the reserve had ever made, and it left the stockpile at levels not seen since the 1980s.0.58China Joins the World Trade Organization
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE24.8 years agoThe WTO's[1][3] own member page states that "China has been a member of WTO since 11 December 2001", thirty days after the Doha Ministerial Conference approved the accession on 10 November.China became the WTO's 143rd member on 11 December 2001, fifteen years after applying. Its export share of world trade roughly quadrupled over the next two decades, and the bargain struck in Doha is still what the tariff argument is about.0.58
