Trump brandishes customs tariffs as a lever for negotiation.
Despite a historic fall in the markets, Donald Trump defended his pricing policy, saying since Air Force One that he could alleviate customs duties if concessions “concessions”phenomenal“He were offered. The president also announced new increases to come, especially on semiconductors and pharmaceutical products. In parallel, he spoke of a possible agreement with China around Tiktok, conditioned at an opening on the prices.
On this subject, Bill Ackman indicates ” I expect Trump to reward the first countries ready to negotiate with more equitable agreements than those who will delay to sit at the table. Countries that will retaliate by imposing additional customs duties on our products will be severely sanctioned. The policy of carrot and stick, in all its splendor – in the strong way. »»
The EU ready to strike the GAFAM in response to Trump’s prices
Faced with the rise of trade tensions with Washington, France has confirmed that the European response will include the digital servicesexplicitly targeting Gafam. A second salvo of customs reprisals will be announced by the end of April, after the entry into force of the new American prices on steel, aluminum and automobile. Brussels also plans to restrict access to public contracts and use its anti-coercion mechanisms. “All the scenarios remain on the table,” warns the European Commission.
Ynsect on the verge of liquidation, the future suspended from possible buyers
Placed in receivership in early March, the startup Ynsect, a French pioneer in insect proteins, could be liquidated if no buyer manifests itself before this midnight Thursday. Despite $ 600 million since 2011 and a giant factory inaugurated in 2021, the company did not find the economic equation in high production costs. Discussions with actors like Nestlé or Temasek have not succeeded. A crucial hearing is scheduled for Monday at the Commercial Court of Évry.
Intel ready to sell its factories to TSMC to survive
According to The Information Intel discusses with its Taiwanese TSMC rival of a joint venture to relaunch its semiconductor factories, in difficulty after a record loss of $ 18.8 billion in 2024. TSMC would take 20 % of the capital in exchange for its industrial know-how, without direct financial contribution. The project, supported by the Trump administration, raises internal tensions at Intel, which fears massive layoffs and technological dilution. In parallel, TSMC faces an American investigation into its links with Huawei and intensifies its industrial investments in the United States.
OPENAI offers chatgpt plus to students to counter Anthropic in the Battle of Education
OPENAI makes its Subscription Premium Chatgpt more free until the end of May For all university students in the United States and Canada, offering access to GPT-4O, image generation, advanced research and voice interaction. This offensive occurs 24 hours after the launch of Claude for Education by anthropic.
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🥐 previous edition of the Good Morning Frenchweb:
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- Amazon wants to compete with Starlink / Trump triggers a shock wave and not only a pressure market / meta
- The future of Google is incompatible with its economic / Greentech model: 2.2 billion € raised, but a still fragile / YouTube model cuts the revenues of…
- Zebank, Bernard Arnault’s online bank / After real estate, the new Martingale by Xavier Niel…. / Google tests the prompt
- The GPUs of Openai found under requests / Parcoursup poses bad questions / clay you clone
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- Zestmeup and Supermood unite to build a European player in employee engagement
- Will European technological independence go through the HPC RHEA HPC microprocessor of Sipearl?
- Towards increased resilience of critical infrastructure: France wants to strengthen its cybersecurity
- Does Mirakl really be worth $ 3.5 billion?
- Trapped by its own economic model, mention is put into receivership.
