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Full Measure After Hours

After Hours: The Problem With Our Asian Chip Addiction (From the Archives)

Full Measure After Hours

Sharyl Attkisson

News, Full Measure, News Commentary

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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A visit to Germany where they’re joining the US in trying to kick the global Asian computer chip addiction. 


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Hi everybody, Cheryl Ackison here. I hope you enjoy this special from the archives edition of Full Measure After Hours.

1:09.7

Hi everybody, Cheryl Ackison here. Welcome to another edition of Full Measure After Hours. Today,

1:16.6

why it's so important to break ourselves from our Chinese chip addiction.

1:32.2

I went all the way to Germany to profile a major movement.

1:36.2

It has to do with our unhealthy addiction to Chinese chips.

1:38.3

And by that I mean computer chips.

1:44.4

We need to use them every day in our cars, our smartphones, all kinds of devices.

1:49.0

And the supply chain problems revealed during the COVID shutdowns,

1:54.2

they exposed our unwise reliance on an adversary for something so important.

1:59.8

Sunday on full measure, that's November 13th, I'll have my full report on this topic.

2:03.1

It turns out that about 80% of these crucial chips are made in China, about 10% in Europe and about 10% in the U.S. Now, Taiwan, which is

2:11.6

considered a Chinese region, makes two-thirds of the global supply. With current tensions between Taiwan and China,

2:19.3

China controlling the island chain of Taiwan,

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