Even as US President Donald Trump upends China’s factory floors, he seems to be laying the ground for an easing in the tech war.

Nvidia is already the world’s most valuable company being one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global artificial intelligence boom.

U.S. officials now view export restrictions as a key part of broader negotiations with China, including discussions on access to critical rare earth materials.

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thinks China will soon sentence people to death for fentanyl manufacturing and distribution, as he offered fresh optimism about the prospects of a deal with Beijing on illicit drugs.

Watch live coverage as President Trump holds a bill signing ceremony at the White House for the HALT Fentanyl Act.

The garment industry has felt it acutely over the past two years, as China has inundated Indonesian consumers with its clothes and taken over local factories.

Airlangga Hartoto, the Indonesian minister for economic affairs, said in an interview in Washington last week following meetings with U.S. officials that Mr. Trump’s high tariffs threatened 300,000 j...