Over the past month, the US paused talks on a tech pact with the UK, canceled a South Korea trade meeting, and threatened the EU over Big Tech regulations (Politico) https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/23/trump-administration-fires-warning-shots-over-big-tech-regulations-00703945
Sources: China's AI regulations, which require chatbots to pass a 2,000-question ideological test, have spawned specialized agencies that help AI companies pass (Stu Woo/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-is-worried-ai-threatens-party-ruleand-is-trying-to-tame-it-bfdcda2d?st=Dk3r4p&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
HCLSoftware, a subsidiary of Indian IT company HCLTech, agrees to acquire business intelligence company Jaspersoft from Cloud Software Group for $240M in cash (Urvi Malvania/Financial Express) https://www.financialexpress.com/business/industry-hclsoftware-to-acquire-jaspersoft-for-240mn-4086166/