Doug Krisner

Now, this meeting comes as U.S.

forces seized a sixth oil tanker near Venezuela earlier today.

Shale billionaire Harold Hamm said oil companies need guarantees that their assets will not be seized by Venezuela if they help revive the nation's crude production.

Harold Hamm speaking on Bloomberg Surveillance.

The U.S.

and Taiwan have agreed to a trade deal.

It will lower tariffs to 15% from the previous 20%, and U.S.

tariffs on goods from Taiwan are now on par with both Japan and South Korea.

As a part of this deal, Taiwan semiconductor companies will be making at least $250 billion in direct investments

Toward American Energy and Artificial Intelligence Operations.

Here is Bloomberg's Michael Shepard.

That is Bloomberg's Michael Shepard.

Now, the U.S.

trade deal with Taiwan comes as TSMC, the world's top maker of AI chips, earmarked a hefty increase in capital spending for 2026.

Here is Bloomberg analyst Matthew Bloxham.

That is Matthew Bloxham from Bloomberg Intelligence.

China is pulling the plug on a key advantage held by high-frequency traders.

We are told commodity futures exchanges in Shanghai and Guangzhou are among those ordering local brokerage firms to shift their servers for clients out of data centers run by the exchanges.

Now, this change will affect the speed advantage for high-frequency firms, including Citadel, Chain Street, and Jump Trading.

President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act as protests against federal immigration agents grow in Minnesota.