Sept 2 — The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and the Chinese Academy of Sciences opened a special training class for central-enterprise talent in deep-sea and deep-earth fields. SASAC deputy director Tan Zuojun urged SOEs to target sector pain points, deepen institute–enterprise links leveraging CAS’s organized basic-research strength, speed cultivation of high-level leaders, push breakthroughs in foundational technologies, and strengthen industr

U.S. Treasury says it will permit transactions involving third-country diplomatic missions and consular posts; licenses allow third-country missions to conduct related transactions in Cuba.

A South Korean government official said Friday Seoul and Washington are discussing South Korean companies' semiconductor investment in the United States within a broader bilateral consultation framework. When asked whether the chip tariff plan disclosed by US Commerce Secretary Lutnick is affecting the investment talks, the official said various issues between the two countries sometimes interact and can influence one another. He added semiconductor investment is among the investment topics under discussion and that officials are working to prevent these issues from constraining each other.