The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China

by Kevin Rudd

In the race to produce the most effective and efficient semiconductors and computer chips, a significant advantage is still held by the US and a number of other non-Chinese firms. In terms of semiconductors, as of 2018, China was only manufacturing 5 percent of total global supply. By contrast, the US provided 45 percent of the total global supply, primarily through its major corporate leader in the field, Intel. The other two global leaders in semiconductor technology are the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China’s largest supplier) and Korea’s Samsung. Indeed, as of 2019, the US semiconductor industry represented about 50 percent of total US exports to China. China’s

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