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Caroline Hyde

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Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

So it's kind of just noncommittal gobbledygook if you really read it carefully.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

Yeah, saying, is this the beginning of a new rhythm?

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

That's not our plan.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

But just as we always have, every team will continue to evaluate the ownership, speed, and capacity to invent for customers.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

Bloomberg, Spencer Soper, thanks for breaking it down for us.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

Now, the Trump administration is demanding that South Korea implement its six-month-old trade deal with the U.S.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

to prevent tariffs from rising to 25%.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

Trade tensions between the two countries have been rising, made worse by the U.S.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

's frustration with Korean digital services regulations.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

Nomex Senior Tech Editor Mike Shepard joins us now to unpack what is a tech-centric story in many ways because it involves key chip makers over in Korea, for example.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

Well, it really does.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

And we saw actually the flashes of this brewing as long as 10 days ago, Carol.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

And we saw Howard Lutnick threatening those memory makers with tariffs of up to 100 percent if they didn't step up their investments here in the U.S.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

And that is one of the issues that we have seen.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

surge more recently with the president's threat of increasing tariffs to 25% from the current, agreed upon 15% level.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

And a lot of that has to do with what is happening with those investments.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

Remember, under the deal, South Korea had promised to invest as much as $350 billion in the U.S.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

over the next several years.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

But that step has been stalled in the South Korean parliament.

Bloomberg Tech
Amazon Cutting 16,000 Jobs, ASML Reports Record Bookings

They are just beset by a lot of issues, including currency woes.