•There is huge demand for Nvidia's GPUs in China, but geopolitical headwinds are currently preventing sales.
•Trade barriers might only clear after the scheduled meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping at the end of March 2026.
•There are allegations that Chinese firm DeepSeek used Nvidia Blackwell chips for training, alongside claims from Anthropic regarding distillation attacks.
•The U.S. Department of Justice sided with Argentina in an $18 billion legal dispute regarding the 2012 nationalization of oil company YPF.
•The case involves claims from minority shareholders (Petersen Energia and Eton Park) who alleged Argentina failed to make a mandatory tender offer when seizing Repsol's stake.
•The DOJ's intervention comes as Argentina seeks to appeal a massive court judgment that threatens its financial stability.
•The U.S. Department of Commerce imposed a 126% preliminary countervailing duty on Indian solar cells and modules.
•The decision follows a complaint by the AASMT coalition, including First Solar and Hanwha Qcells, alleging Indian firms benefit from unfair government subsidies.
•The levies are expected to effectively close the U.S. market to Indian exporters and exacerbate overcapacity issues in India's solar sector.
•The Trump administration is considering an executive order requiring banks to verify the citizenship status of all account holders.
•Financial institutions may have to demand passports from both new and existing customers, potentially leading to the closure of accounts for non-citizens.
•The banking industry has expressed alarm, calling the proposed measure "unworkable."
•The value of data center construction in the US officially surpassed the value of office construction according to the December Construction Spending report.
•Data center capacity under construction fell to 5.99 gigawatts at the end of 2025 due to delays in permitting and power procurement.
•This historical crossover reflects a shift in productivity from human labor to machines and AI.
•Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse claimed that former SEC Chair Gary Gensler personally apologized for the agency's multi-year legal battle against the company.
