US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump and Xi will “consummate” a TikTok deal on October 30 in South Korea, confirming a final US-China deal on the sale
with Trump and Xi set to ‘consummate’ agreement Claudia Aoraha / Daily Mail : Trump and China reach groundbreaking TikTok deal after years-long battle over the app X: Mario Nawfal / @marionawfal : 🇺🇸🇨...
SEC proposes a five-year pilot program to let gig companies like Uber and Lyft issue equity to workers; equity can't be more than 15% of a worker's earning/year
Joint Statement on the Proposal to Facilitate Non-Cash Compensation for Certain Gig Workers Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal : Gig Workers Could Be Paid Partially in Stock Under SEC Proposal Michell...
Biden campaign says he still wants to repeal Section 230, but emphasizes key differences from Trump's EO, like policies for more moderation, rather than less
Makena Kelly / The Verge : Tweets: @mmasnick and @skupor Tweets: Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : Here we have a great opportunity for @JoeBiden to take a stand for the 1st Amendment and an open and free i...
SEC's framework for digital assets, introduced this April, has created increasing uncertainty in crypto community and is driving innovative projects out of US
Circle : Tweets: @fredwilson , @poloniex , @mayazi , and @skupor Tweets: Fred Wilson / @fredwilson : “This Framework weighed heavily in our decision to geofence the trading of some assets from U.S. c...
PwC report says that top US tech companies, led by Amazon and Google, spend more than $5 in R&D for every $1 spent by Chinese companies
Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @skupor Tweets: Scott Kupor / @skupor : Interesting data on US/China r&d spend - looks as though on a revenue-adjusted basis the gap is relatively na...
Study: China is pouring money into US tech through loosely regulated VC investments with 1,300+ funding rounds representing ~$11B from 2000 through May 2018
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsjpolitics , @skupor , @rhodium_group , and @wsj Tweets: Capital / @wsjpolitics : Chinese foreign-direct investment into the U.S. fell into negative territory during t...