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Here's your morning brief for Thursday, July 17th.

I'm Azhar Sukri for the Wall Street Journal.

We are exclusively reporting that some Trump administration officials are holding up a deal

that would open the door for the United Arab Emirates to buy billions of dollars' worth

of Nvidia's cutting-edge AI chips over concern that China could get

access to the components. President Trump championed the landmark agreement during his

Middle East trip back in May. The officials have discussed cutting off direct access to chips

by AI firm G-42 that was slated to get access to 20% of the chips in the agreement.

Canadian convenience store giant Alimentacion Couchard has abandoned its $47 billion bid to buy

Japanese 7-11 operator 7-I. In a joint letter to 7- and I's board, Kushtar's founder and its

chief executives said the Japanese company's leadership hadn't cooperated in meetings and

withheld information needed to close the deal. Seven and I said a special committee for the deal

consistently engaged constructively and in good faith to explore the deal, and that

while it was disappointed, it was not surprised by Couchard's decision. And shares in United Airlines

fell in off-hours trading after the carrier said it would not hit the rosy profit target it set

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