Industry News

Skype officially shuts down: On May 5, 2025 Eastern Time, Skype, with a 22 year history, officially exits the stage of history. Skype is an important customer communication software in China's foreign trade industry, and existing Skype users can use their account credentials to migrate to Microsoft Teams.

On April 29, local time, White House press secretary Levitt criticized Amazon's announcement that it would begin marking the additional costs of goods caused by Trump's tariff policy, calling it "hostile political behavior." It is reported that the impact of a series of tariff measures in the United States on its domestic economic activities is gradually emerging. Data from e-commerce analysis company SmartScout shows that since April 9, 930 products on Amazon have seen price increases, and prices in categories such as clothing and jewelry have increased by an average of 29%. The price increase of some products of fast fashion giant Shein is as high as 377%. In addition, preliminary trade data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on April 29 showed that the U.S. trade deficit surged by $14 billion in March to a record $162 billion, due to companies stockpiling supplies before the Trump administration launched a series of "reciprocal tariffs."

Versa launches MCP server in the United States: According to thefastmode website on April 23, Versa, a provider of General Security Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions in the United States, announced the launch of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. This tool aims to assist customers in integrating Agentic AI tools with the VersaONE Universal SASE platform, enhancing visibility, accelerating event resolution, and improving operational efficiency. The Versa MCP server allows assistants driven by Large Language Models (LLMs), such as Claude, ChatGPT, etc., to securely query system data through the Versa API, enabling network and security operations teams to quickly obtain answers without switching between multiple tools. The server is now online and free to use under an open source license, accessible through GitHub.

Recently, a piece of news that has attracted widespread attention in the global foreign - trade market has emerged. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced tariff exemptions for key products such as network equipment and servers, which is seen as a significant policy adjustment that may reshape the foreign - trade pattern of related industries.

IT home March 8 news, Amazon AWS issued a document, announced the launch of Amazon GameLift Streams cloud game streaming deployment program, aims to help game developers more conveniently deploy the game to the cloud GPU environment

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