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Sunday, 6 September 2026

ASEAN can still hedge between America and China on AI. It needs to get its act together first

Fortune 27

The article says Washington and Beijing are advancing competing frameworks to control AI-related infrastructure and access, which pressures ASEAN to decide whether to align with one side. It cites a U.S. emergency export control order in June requiring Anthropic to restrict access to its frontier models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, to U.S. nationals only. It concludes that ASEAN can still hedge, but only if members build domestic AI and energy capacity rather than relying on loopholes or opportunistic deals.

Trump says 'Stupidity causes inflation' and threatens to stop trade with foreign countries in retaliation for higher interest rates

Fortune 50

Donald Trump reacted to a stronger August jobs report by blaming inflation on “stupidity” and threatening to stop trade with foreign countries in retaliation for higher interest rates. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose to 4.79% on Friday. The immediate impact is political pressure and higher market sensitivity, while the administration’s outlook increasingly leans on AI-led productivity alongside tariffs and tax cuts to lift growth.

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