A single machine from the Netherlands could catapult China to the leading edge of the semiconductor industry. If the U.S. allowed it, that is.
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In June of 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to The Hague to celebrate ‘global entrepreneurship.’ At a summit co-hosted by the United States and the Netherlands, Pompeo looked relaxed and jovial in a lime green tie as he addressed the assembled business community. He extolled the virtues of free markets, lauded the audience for their innovation, and — in a line that received tepid ap
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Taiwan is almost entirely dependent on imported fossil fuels for its power supply — a critical weakness in the event of a Chinese blockade. But the very democratic forces on the island that China would be seeking to destroy through forced unification are also standing in the way of the obvious solution: aggressive investment in nuclear power and renewable energies.
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