Biden chip restrictions may ‘jeopardize’ business with China
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On the backdrop of President Biden’s meeting with China’s Xi Jinping this week, Alibaba (BABA) has scrapped plans to spin off its cloud segment, citing the Biden administration’s recent export restrictions on AI chips to China. KraneShares Chief Investment Officer Branden Ahern comments on Alibaba’s value amid international trade pressures and what US tariffs could mean for Chinese business relations. “The Biden administration is looking to reset the relationship,” Ahern tells Yahoo Finance on easing trade tensions with China, adding on Biden’s meeting with President Xi: “There’s clearly [an] effort to stabilize the relationship, and I think that there’s really strong progress from the four-hour meeting around further military communication.” […]