Monday, October 17, 2022

The U.S. - China Chip War Is Heating Up

 

Forbes: Beijing Is Furious 

Beijing has roundly decried Washington’s recently passed CHIPS for America Act. 

Chinese spokespeople have promised retaliation, though China’s leadership have not yet revealed what steps they plan to take, if any. The problem seems to center on the $52 billion that the $280 billion bill reserves to subsidize for semiconductor production in the United States. Beijing believes this will curtail western investment flows. The funding is important to China but so is the access to the western technologies that investment brings.

On both these points Beijing has been exceptionally open about its dependence, stating that a domestic orientation for American-based producers will retard the Middle Kingdom’s efforts to build up its own semiconductor industry. It is a strange thing to say on the heels of Beijing’s innumerable boasts about China’s scientific and engineering prowess. Such utterances all but admit the country’s dependence on western innovation. It also points up China’s urgent needs, for today China’s chip manufacturing effort can only supply some 10-15 percent of the country’s demands.  

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WNU Editor: This is one of the many reasons why Chinese President Xi does not want to meet President Biden at the G20 in Bali next month .... Beijing Signaling To The U.S. That Chinese President Xi Does Not Want To Meet President Biden At The G20 (October 16, 2022). 

The U.S. China Chip War Is Heating Up  

The Chip War With China Is Just Getting Started -- Forbes  

With New Crackdown, Biden Wages Global Campaign on Chinese Technology -- NYTimes  

America's 'once unthinkable' chip export restrictions will hobble China's semiconductor ambitions -- CNBC  

American Executives in Limbo at Chinese Chip Companies After U.S. Ban -- WSJ 

Biden’s chip controls may force Chinese-Americans working in China’s semiconductor firms to choose between their citizenship or their job -- Fortune  

Globally critical chip firm tells U.S. staff to stop servicing China customers after Biden export curbs -- CNBC

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