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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.

On April 18, 2025, the A-share market presented a complex and volatile situation. The major indexes showed a mixed performance of gains and losses, and the performance of each sector was significantly differentiated. On that day, the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.11% at 3,276 points; the Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.23%; and the ChiNext Index rose 0.27%. The trading volume throughout the day was relatively light, with a trading volume of 914.656 billion yuan, a decrease of 84.799 billion yuan compared with the previous trading day, hitting the lowest volume since the "September 24" market in 2024, indicating strong wait - and - see sentiment among investors.

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 17 news, according to TrendForce Chipotle Consulting latest research, in 2024 the world's top ten IC design industry revenue total of about 249.8 billion U.S. dollars (IT home note: the current about 1.81 trillion yuan)

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

CRN’s Jennifer Follett and Stuart Sumner discussed where solution providers are in their journey toward commercializing AI, the partners using AI internally, and what they need to know about capturing opportunities around the AI trend.