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Japan’s Vehicle Safety Certification Changes Open the Door to U.S. Auto Imports Ahead of the Trump Summit

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has finalized regulatory changes that allow vehicles certified by U.S. safety regulators to enter the Japanese domestic market without undergoing Japan’s separate testing and certification process. The revision, which takes effect immediately, removes one of the longstanding non-tariff barriers that U.S. trade negotiators have identified as a…

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Hong Kong’s Regulatory Framework for AI Chip IPOs Faces Its First Real Test with the Biren and Kunlunxin Listings

The debut of Shanghai Biren Technology on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising HK$5.58 billion in an offering that was subscribed more than 2,300 times in the public tranche, and Baidu’s confidential filing for a Kunlunxin IPO on the same day, have put Hong Kong’s regulatory framework for semiconductor listings under intense scrutiny. The exchange’s…

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