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Asia In Brief Last week’s trade talks between the USA and China have seen the two countries ease some trade restrictions.

According to a fact sheet published by the White House on Saturday, the talks resulted in China lifting restrictions on the export of rare earths – the minerals needed to make most high-tech products.

Beijing also promised to “terminate its various investigations targeting U.S. companies in the semiconductor supply chain, including its antitrust, anti-monopoly, and anti-dumping investigations.” At the time of writing, China is investigating Nvidia, Qualcomm, and memory-maker Micron.

According to the White House, China will also “take appropriate measures to ensure the resumption of trade from Nexperia’s facilities in China, allowing production of critical legacy chips to flow to the rest of the world.”

At the time of writing, Beijing appears not to have commented on, or confirmed, the White House’s announcement.

But the ...