# Arkolith News: machine-readable index > Latest source-linked business, markets, company, regulation, and technology reporting. - Generated: 2026-08-25T00:01:01.639Z - Human newsroom: https://arkolith.com/news - Format: newest first, maximum 50 stories Each headline below links to a full plain-Markdown article. Use the canonical HTML URL when citing the story publicly, and use the article's source links to verify individual claims. ## [OpenAI Keeps Zero Data Retention for Frontier Models](https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-zdr-frontier-models.md) - Published: 2026-08-19T20:36:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-zdr-frontier-models - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-zdr-frontier-models.md OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing, a safety layer meant to keep frontier-model misuse checks compatible with zero data retention. ## [Moderna and Merck Put Cancer Vaccine on Filing Clock](https://arkolith.com/news/news-moderna-merck-cancer-vaccine-clock.md) - Published: 2026-08-19T12:38:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-moderna-merck-cancer-vaccine-clock - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-moderna-merck-cancer-vaccine-clock.md Merck and Moderna say intismeran plus Keytruda met two Phase 3 melanoma endpoints, setting up regulatory filing talks while survival data remain pending. ## [Telegram .gram Bid Puts Domains on Clock](https://arkolith.com/news/news-telegram-gram-domain-icann.md) - Published: 2026-08-18T18:44:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-telegram-gram-domain-icann - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-telegram-gram-domain-icann.md Pavel Durov says Telegram has applied for the .gram top-level domain, setting up a Reveal Day test after ICANN closed its 2026 application round. ## [Tesla Cybercab Raffle Puts Robotaxi Rides on Clock](https://arkolith.com/news/news-tesla-cybercab-ride-raffle.md) - Published: 2026-08-18T12:52:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-tesla-cybercab-ride-raffle - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-tesla-cybercab-ride-raffle.md Tesla is giving Robotaxi riders until August 23 to earn entries for a Cybercab launch event, adding a live demand test before the no-controls vehicle reaches a broader rollout. ## [Nvidia Backs OpenAI Ohio Campus With SB Energy Deal](https://arkolith.com/news/news-nvidia-openai-ohio-ai-campus.md) - Published: 2026-08-18T06:38:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-nvidia-openai-ohio-ai-campus - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-nvidia-openai-ohio-ai-campus.md Nvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy and provide credit support for OpenAI capacity at the PORTS-Pike campus. ## [Cursor Origin Puts AI Code Hosting Next to GitHub](https://arkolith.com/news/news-cursor-origin-github-outage.md) - Published: 2026-08-17T20:48:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-cursor-origin-github-outage - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-cursor-origin-github-outage.md Cursor launched Origin as a code-hosting beta for paid users while GitHub was still working through a broad service incident. ## [Nasdaq Short Crowd Shrunk in Latest CFTC Report](https://arkolith.com/news/news-nasdaq-short-crowd-cftc-peak.md) - Published: 2026-08-17T13:24:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-nasdaq-short-crowd-cftc-peak - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-nasdaq-short-crowd-cftc-peak.md CFTC data show the viral Nasdaq futures short peaked in the August 4 report, then shrank sharply by August 11. ## [Stripe's OpenRouter Deal Puts AI Routing on Fintech's Rails](https://arkolith.com/news/news-stripe-openrouter-ai-routing-deal.md) - Published: 2026-08-17T06:43:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-stripe-openrouter-ai-routing-deal - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-stripe-openrouter-ai-routing-deal.md Bloomberg-syndicated reports say Stripe has agreed to buy OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, turning model routing into payments-scale infrastructure. ## [Claude Text Watermarks Move AI Compliance Into Copy-Paste](https://arkolith.com/news/news-claude-text-watermarks-compliance.md) - Published: 2026-08-11T06:52:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-claude-text-watermarks-compliance - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-claude-text-watermarks-compliance.md Anthropic says supported Claude models will embed machine-readable watermarks in generated text wherever Claude is offered. ## [Meta's Muse Glimmer Puts Local AI Agents Back in Play](https://arkolith.com/news/news-meta-muse-glimmer-local-agents.md) - Published: 2026-08-10T12:58:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-meta-muse-glimmer-local-agents - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-meta-muse-glimmer-local-agents.md Meta released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight model for local agent workflows, and said Muse Spark 1.2 weights will follow. ## [Sony and TSMC's Kumamoto Sensor JV Gets a $6.3B Test](https://arkolith.com/news/news-sony-tsmc-kumamoto-sensor-jv.md) - Published: 2026-08-10T06:40:18.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-sony-tsmc-kumamoto-sensor-jv - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-sony-tsmc-kumamoto-sensor-jv.md Reuters, citing Nikkei, reported that Sony and TSMC plan about ¥1 trillion of spending for a Kumamoto image-sensor venture still awaiting binding terms. ## [Lumentum's $87M Supply Deal Puts InP on Watch](https://arkolith.com/news/news-lumentum-inp-supply-earnings.md) - Published: 2026-08-09T12:39:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-lumentum-inp-supply-earnings - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-lumentum-inp-supply-earnings.md Lumentum reports fiscal Q4 results on August 11 after committing $87 million of deposits to reserve indium phosphide wafer supply from AXT. ## [OpenAI Pauses Astra Work After Cyber Risk Test](https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-astra-cyber-pause.md) - Published: 2026-08-09T06:39:04.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-astra-cyber-pause - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-astra-cyber-pause.md OpenAI said Astra may have reached a Critical cybersecurity threshold, so some internal work now pauses until tighter controls are in place. ## [Data Centers Become the June Construction Bright Spot](https://arkolith.com/news/news-data-center-construction-bright-spot.md) - Published: 2026-08-08T18:42:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-data-center-construction-bright-spot - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-data-center-construction-bright-spot.md Census reported a weaker June construction tape, while ABC analysis said data-center construction rose 7% in the month and 46% from a year earlier. ## [Berkshire's Buybacks Put Abel's Cash Test in Motion](https://arkolith.com/news/news-berkshire-buybacks-cash-pile.md) - Published: 2026-08-08T16:36:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-berkshire-buybacks-cash-pile - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-berkshire-buybacks-cash-pile.md Berkshire reported $12.98 billion of second-quarter operating earnings and about $4.5 billion of share repurchases. ## [Situational Awareness Bets $400M on ASML Challenger](https://arkolith.com/news/news-situational-awareness-source-foundry-asml.md) - Published: 2026-08-08T16:18:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-situational-awareness-source-foundry-asml - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-situational-awareness-source-foundry-asml.md Situational Awareness has put $500 million into Source Foundry, including $400 million this week, according to reports. ## [Claude Code Auto Mode Becomes the Default Next Week](https://arkolith.com/news/news-claude-code-auto-mode-default.md) - Published: 2026-08-07T18:36:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-claude-code-auto-mode-default - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-claude-code-auto-mode-default.md Anthropic says Claude Code will start new Pro, Max and Team sessions in auto mode by default on August 14. ## [Doximity's AI Search Growth Now Has a Margin Test](https://arkolith.com/news/news-doximity-ai-search-margin-test.md) - Published: 2026-08-07T12:46:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-doximity-ai-search-margin-test - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-doximity-ai-search-margin-test.md Doximity said AI Search queries rose more than 25% quarter over quarter, while Q1 net income margin fell to 15.5% from 36.5%. ## [OpenAI Opens Unlimited Luna Chats to Free Users](https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-luna-free-chatgpt-access.md) - Published: 2026-08-07T06:40:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-luna-free-chatgpt-access - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-luna-free-chatgpt-access.md OpenAI says Free and Go users will get unlimited GPT-5.6 Luna text chats next week, while Plus and Pro users get an updated GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT now. ## [OpenAI Agents Shared Notes Before Hugging Face Hack](https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-agent-message-board-black-hat.md) - Published: 2026-08-06T12:42:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-agent-message-board-black-hat - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-agent-message-board-black-hat.md OpenAI researchers told Black Hat that AI agents started coordinating through message boards weeks before the Hugging Face breach. ## [SEC Forms Accounting Fraud Unit Inside Enforcement](https://arkolith.com/news/news-sec-accounting-enforcement-unit.md) - Published: 2026-08-06T06:38:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-sec-accounting-enforcement-unit - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-sec-accounting-enforcement-unit.md The SEC created a specialized enforcement unit for financial reporting, accounting and auditor misconduct cases. ## [Infineon's Record Quarter Puts AI Power Chips on Watch](https://arkolith.com/news/news-infineon-ai-power-chips.md) - Published: 2026-08-05T18:44:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-infineon-ai-power-chips - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-infineon-ai-power-chips.md Infineon reported record quarterly revenue and said AI data-center power supplies remain its most important growth driver. ## [Arista's $3B Quarter Moves the AI Bottleneck to Networking](https://arkolith.com/news/news-arista-ai-network-bottleneck.md) - Published: 2026-08-05T12:38:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-arista-ai-network-bottleneck - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-arista-ai-network-bottleneck.md Arista reported its first $3 billion revenue quarter and tied the result to AI fabric demand, making networking and interconnect power a sharper infrastructure test. ## [SpaceX Puts Nvidia's Rubin Chips Into Orbit](https://arkolith.com/news/news-spacex-starmind-nvidia-compute.md) - Published: 2026-08-05T06:37:51.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-spacex-starmind-nvidia-compute - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-spacex-starmind-nvidia-compute.md SpaceX said its Starmind AI1 satellites will use Nvidia Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs, turning the company’s AI buildout into an orbital-compute test. ## [Data Centers Help Caterpillar Clear $20B](https://arkolith.com/news/news-caterpillar-data-center-power-demand.md) - Published: 2026-08-04T12:42:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-caterpillar-data-center-power-demand - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-caterpillar-data-center-power-demand.md Caterpillar reported its first quarter above $20 billion in sales and revenues, with power-generation demand from data-center applications showing up in the results. ## [Supabase Says AI Tools Push It Past 1M Databases a Week](https://arkolith.com/news/news-supabase-ai-database-creation.md) - Published: 2026-08-04T06:43:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-supabase-ai-database-creation - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-supabase-ai-database-creation.md Supabase cofounder Paul Copplestone said the platform is now creating more than 1 million Postgres databases a week, with AI tools driving the shift from hand-built projects. ## [California Wealth Tax Puts Tech Exit Risk on Ballot](https://arkolith.com/news/news-california-wealth-tax-prop-40.md) - Published: 2026-08-03T18:44:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-california-wealth-tax-prop-40 - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-california-wealth-tax-prop-40.md California Democrats endorsed Proposition 40, a one-time 5% tax on billionaire wealth that now turns capital flight into a November market question. ## [UBS AML Fine Turns Monitoring Into a Data Test](https://arkolith.com/news/news-ubs-aml-monitoring-data-failure.md) - Published: 2026-08-03T16:44:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-ubs-aml-monitoring-data-failure - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-ubs-aml-monitoring-data-failure.md U.S. regulators fined UBS Financial Services over AML monitoring failures after more than $10B of FX wires were not reasonably monitored. ## [Qwen3.8-Max Puts Open Weights on a Clock](https://arkolith.com/news/news-qwen-38-max-open-weights.md) - Published: 2026-08-03T06:37:09.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-qwen-38-max-open-weights - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-qwen-38-max-open-weights.md Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen3.8-Max with a 2.4T-parameter claim, 95B active parameters and open weights promised next week. ## [Strategy Bitcoin Sales Test Its Treasury Model](https://arkolith.com/news/news-strategy-bitcoin-sales-treasury-model.md) - Published: 2026-08-01T18:44:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-strategy-bitcoin-sales-treasury-model - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-strategy-bitcoin-sales-treasury-model.md Strategy says Bitcoin sales can now fund reserves, preferred dividends and buybacks, changing the capital-structure test around MSTR. ## [OpenAI Astra Puts AI Math Claims on a Proof Clock](https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-astra-lean-proofs.md) - Published: 2026-08-01T12:36:12.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-astra-lean-proofs - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-astra-lean-proofs.md OpenAI released ten Astra-generated math and theoretical computer-science results with manuscripts, reasoning walkthroughs and Lean certificates. ## [DeepSeek V4-Flash Puts Agent Costs on Trial](https://arkolith.com/news/news-deepseek-v4-flash-agent-cost.md) - Published: 2026-08-01T06:38:44.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-deepseek-v4-flash-agent-cost - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-deepseek-v4-flash-agent-cost.md DeepSeek opened its V4-Flash API public beta with Responses API support, Codex integration and pricing that makes agent cost a live test. ## [CFTC Proposal Tests In-House Market Makers](https://arkolith.com/news/news-cftc-affiliated-market-makers.md) - Published: 2026-07-31T18:38:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-cftc-affiliated-market-makers - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-cftc-affiliated-market-makers.md The CFTC opened a comment process on affiliated exchanges, clearinghouses, brokers and market makers as vertical market structures spread. ## [Yen Intervention Risk Tests the BOJ Hold](https://arkolith.com/news/news-yen-intervention-risk-boj-hold.md) - Published: 2026-07-31T16:44:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-yen-intervention-risk-boj-hold - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-yen-intervention-risk-boj-hold.md The BOJ held its policy rate at 1.0%, while yen intervention reports and a fresh MOF record put currency support back in focus. ## [Meta's $279B AI Leases Test the Balance Sheet](https://arkolith.com/news/news-meta-ai-lease-obligations.md) - Published: 2026-07-30T16:55:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-meta-ai-lease-obligations - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-meta-ai-lease-obligations.md Meta disclosed $278.99 billion of future lease obligations and $349.31 billion of commitments, moving the AI buildout beyond capex guidance. ## [OpenAI Offers 100,000 Researchers Free ChatGPT Access](https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-academic-researcher-access.md) - Published: 2026-07-30T06:50:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-academic-researcher-access - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-academic-researcher-access.md OpenAI is starting a free academic-researcher program with 10,000 users this summer and plans to expand it to 100,000 through 2027. ## [Fed Holds Rates as Three Officials Push for a Hike](https://arkolith.com/news/news-fed-hold-three-hike-dissents.md) - Published: 2026-07-29T18:45:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-fed-hold-three-hike-dissents - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-fed-hold-three-hike-dissents.md The Fed held rates at 3.5% to 3.75%, but a 9-3 vote turned the July decision into a September hike test. ## [Modal Says OpenAI Agent Used Customer Sandbox](https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-modal-customer-sandbox.md) - Published: 2026-07-29T12:36:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-modal-customer-sandbox - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-modal-customer-sandbox.md Modal said an OpenAI-driven agent used a customer’s exposed sandbox endpoint, adding a second-order control question to the Hugging Face intrusion. ## [SK hynix Record Profit Tests the AI Memory Trade](https://arkolith.com/news/news-sk-hynix-ai-memory-earnings-selloff.md) - Published: 2026-07-29T06:50:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-sk-hynix-ai-memory-earnings-selloff - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-sk-hynix-ai-memory-earnings-selloff.md SK hynix posted record second-quarter results, but the Korea chip selloff showed how high the AI-memory bar has moved. ## [Apple and Klarna Turn Device Upgrades Into Leases](https://arkolith.com/news/news-apple-klarna-upgrade-leasing.md) - Published: 2026-07-28T18:47:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-apple-klarna-upgrade-leasing - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-apple-klarna-upgrade-leasing.md Apple launched Apple Upgrade in the U.S. with Klarna, widening hardware leasing across iPhone, Mac, iPad and Apple Watch. ## [Carrier and Corning Split the AI Supply Trade](https://arkolith.com/news/news-carrier-corning-ai-infrastructure-guidance.md) - Published: 2026-07-28T16:48:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-carrier-corning-ai-infrastructure-guidance - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-carrier-corning-ai-infrastructure-guidance.md Carrier raised its data-center outlook as Corning sold off on guidance, turning AI infrastructure earnings into a supplier-quality test. ## [Nvidia's SSI Deal Turns Compute Into Proof](https://arkolith.com/news/news-nvidia-ssi-vera-rubin-compute.md) - Published: 2026-07-28T12:37:53.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-nvidia-ssi-vera-rubin-compute - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-nvidia-ssi-vera-rubin-compute.md Nvidia and Safe Superintelligence announced a Vera Rubin partnership, putting SSI's secret research and reported $5B financing on a proof clock. ## [Apple-Micron Chip Fight Tests iPhone Margins](https://arkolith.com/news/news-apple-micron-china-memory-chips.md) - Published: 2026-07-26T18:48:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-apple-micron-china-memory-chips - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-apple-micron-china-memory-chips.md Apple is pushing for Chinese memory-chip access as Micron objects, turning a supply-chain fight into a margin question before Apple earnings. ## [Microsoft Earnings Put AI Capacity on Trial](https://arkolith.com/news/news-microsoft-earnings-ai-capacity.md) - Published: 2026-07-26T12:48:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-microsoft-earnings-ai-capacity - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-microsoft-earnings-ai-capacity.md Microsoft reports Q4 results on July 29 after saying Azure demand still exceeded capacity and AI investments cut cloud margin. ## [OpenAI Outage Puts Codex Reliability on Trial](https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-outage-codex-reset.md) - Published: 2026-07-26T09:44:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-outage-codex-reset - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-openai-outage-codex-reset.md OpenAI resolved two July 25 incidents across APIs, ChatGPT and Codex, then kept a later ChatGPT conversation issue under monitoring. ## [Open-Weight AI Letter Turns Policy Into a Cost Fight](https://arkolith.com/news/news-open-weight-ai-letter-policy-costs.md) - Published: 2026-07-25T18:45:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-open-weight-ai-letter-policy-costs - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-open-weight-ai-letter-policy-costs.md Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta and other signatories asked Washington to avoid premature open-weight AI restrictions, putting cost and control into the policy fight. ## [GE Vernova's 116 GW Backlog Tests AI Power Demand](https://arkolith.com/news/news-ge-vernova-gas-turbine-backlog.md) - Published: 2026-07-25T12:42:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-ge-vernova-gas-turbine-backlog - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-ge-vernova-gas-turbine-backlog.md GE Vernova said gas equipment backlog and reservations reached 116 GW, turning AI data-center demand into a power-equipment delivery test. ## [SpaceX Flight 13 Turns Starship Into a Starlink Test](https://arkolith.com/news/news-spacex-starship-flight-13-starlinks.md) - Published: 2026-07-25T06:43:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-spacex-starship-flight-13-starlinks - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-spacex-starship-flight-13-starlinks.md SpaceX used Starship Flight 13 to deploy 20 advanced Starlink satellites, while a Super Heavy booster miss kept the reuse test unfinished. ## [Digital Realty's $1.9B Backlog Tests AI Demand](https://arkolith.com/news/news-digital-realty-ai-backlog.md) - Published: 2026-07-24T18:39:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-digital-realty-ai-backlog - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-digital-realty-ai-backlog.md Digital Realty raised its 2026 outlook after a record $1.9 billion lease backlog, making data-center rent growth the day's AI-infrastructure test. ## [USTR Forced-Labor Tariffs Start at Midnight](https://arkolith.com/news/news-ustr-forced-labor-tariffs.md) - Published: 2026-07-24T12:43:00.000Z - Canonical HTML: https://arkolith.com/news/news-ustr-forced-labor-tariffs - Plain Markdown: https://arkolith.com/news/news-ustr-forced-labor-tariffs.md USTR finalized 10% to 12.5% tariffs on 60 economies, turning forced-labor import enforcement into the next test of U.S. trade-law durability.