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Here's your midday brief for Thursday, January 8th.

I'm Pierre Bien-Ame for the Wall Street Journal.

China is reviewing Meta's $2.5 billion acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup, Manus.

People familiar with the matter say Beijing's review has focused on the company's AI agent technology.

China is concerned about losing AI know-how to the U.S.

and is considering adding strategic technologies to an export control list. That's also,

according to people, familiar with the matter. Manus is the first high-profile AI startup with

Chinese ties that's been bought by an American tech giant. Meta and Manus didn't respond to requests

for comment.

Minnesota officials say the FBI has shut them out of the investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman in her car by an ICE agent in Minneapolis yesterday. Federal officials say the agent

fired in self-defense, but local officials dispute that version of events. The FBI's Minneapolis office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

And the U.S. trade deficit shrank in October to its lowest level since 2009, with American

imports dropping to about $331 billion, while exports rose to $302 billion. The resulting deficit is about $29 billion.

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