Big Moves and Big Promises: A Week in the World of Tech and Politics

Manufacturing Moves

• Microsoft, Google, Amazon plan to shift most new product manufacturing outside of China by 2026.
• Microsoft is moving production of Surface laptops and data center servers.
• Aim: At least 80% of server materials sourced from outside China.

Trump Administration's Moves

• Lowering beef prices: Trump promises a deal to reduce rising beef costs.
• Rare earths industry: U.S. considers buying stakes to reduce reliance on China.
• Self-sufficiency: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emphasizes the need for domestic or allied sources.

Unusual Proposal

• Russian official asks Elon Musk to build a 70-mile tunnel under the Bering Strait.
• Dubbed the "Putin-Trump" tunnel, it would connect Alaska and Russia.
• Symbol of unity, but feasibility remains unclear.

Fertility Drug Deal

• Trump announces deal to cut costs of Gonal-f, a fertility drug used in IVF treatments.
• New federal guidelines allow employers to offer fertility benefits separately from health insurance.
• Aims to make fertility treatments more accessible.