World_geopolitics 17 May, 2026

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Top House Democrat says ‘Congress and the nation’ are better for Cohen’s tenure as he says ‘these districts were drawn to beat me’ after redrawn congressional mapTennessee Democrat ends re-election bid after map redrawing carves up his districtSign up for the Breaking News US emailJamieson Greer also said US export controls on semiconductor chips were not a major topic of discussions with Chinese officials in Beijing.The US trade representative’s comments to Bloomberg on Friday suggest a breakthrough on selling Nvidia’s advanced H200 chips to China remains far away, Reuters is reporting, despite Nvidia chief Jensen Huang’s last-minute invitation to Donald Trump’s Beijing trip this week.This was not a major topic of discussion at the bilateral meeting. We did not talk about chip export controls at the meeting.”First of all, it’s really important for China to have the strait of Hormuz open – no tolling, no military control. That was clear from the meeting, so we welcome that.With respect