TikTok has been fined 530 million euros ($601.3 million) by Ireland’s privacy regulator for sending user data to China. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) — which leads on privacy oversight for TikTok in the EU — said Friday, May 2, 2025, that TikTok infringed the bloc’s GDPR data protection law over transfers of European…
China says it is “currently assessing” proposals by the United States to begin trade talks, in a subtle tone shift that could open the door for negotiations. A spokesperson for China’s Commerce Ministry said in a Friday statement that “the US has recently sent multiple messages to China through relevant parties, hoping to start talks…
The two “blacklisted” companies are PVH Corp, the holding company for brands including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, and US biotechnology firm Illumina. In a statement, China’s commerce ministry accused the firms of “discriminatory measures against Chinese enterprises”. It also said the move was designed to “safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, in accordance…
