By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-01-01 14:06:20 | Updated at 2025-01-04 07:49:35
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1. US importers race to prepare for Trump’s threatened tariffs
With the potential for further tariff escalations under returning president Donald Trump, the United States’ largest port complex found itself awash in goods from China in December as importers rushed to beat Trump’s January 20 inauguration. The fate of millions of American jobs and potentially the US economy now hang in the balance.
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2. FBI budget cuts could thwart US ability to fight Chinese cyberattacks: official
A senior official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in December warned that budget cuts could undermine the ability of America’s top federal law enforcement agency to detect and counter Chinese cyberattacks. Cynthia Kaiser of FBI Cyber cited alleged mainland efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate telecommunications companies and steal data from millions of Americans.
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3. What fate awaits undocumented Chinese migrants in the US under Donald Trump?
As president-elect Donald Trump made his plans to deport millions of undocumented migrants known, Chinese border crossers began flooding group chats voicing fear that their stay in the US could be precariously short. “Once Trump gets in office, he’ll kick all of us out,” said one.
