Expected new U.S. export controls on China will accelerate the decoupling of the semiconductor sector, bringing big losses to American companies.
A worker produces semiconductor products in Binzhou, China, June 2024. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via AP
Export controls on China have reached a point of no return. A new and expansive package due this month or early next from the U.S. will mean that the semiconductor manufacturing sectors of the two countries are set firmly on a path towards complete decoupling. U.S.-China relations are likely to take a major hit, with Beijing ratcheting up its own controls on critical minerals exports, threatening a major tit-for-tat escalation.
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