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Foreign Policy Live

Chip Wars in a Trump 2.0 World

Foreign Policy Live

Foreign Policy

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.1622 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Inside a nontraditional war: the chip wars. Can Trump’s tariffs stop China’s efforts to catch up on semiconductor production? How will the AI boom change the game? The leading expert on semiconductor competition, Chris Miller, joins FP Live to discuss the state of the tech race and the impact of a second Trump administration.  Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free): Rishi Iyengar: Everyone Wants a Chip Factory Chris Miller: Biden Opens Sneaky New Front in Trade War Against China Vivek Chilukuri: America Needs Clear Standards for China Tech Decoupling Chris Miller in the Financial Times: The global chip war could turn into a cloud war Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Ravi Agruwal, Foreign Policy's Editor-in-Chief.

1:06.2

This is FP Live.

1:11.2

So we often discuss war and conflict on this program, and today I want to focus on a non-traditional

1:18.1

war, the chip wars.

1:20.7

Over the last few decades, China has begun to catch up with the United States in several

1:25.7

arenas.

1:26.7

Its military might, its economic clout, innovations in clean energy.

1:31.6

But one area where it is known to be significantly behind

1:35.7

is in the manufacturing and design of the highest end chips, or semiconductors.

1:42.2

Now, a quick primer here.

1:43.8

Chips are used in everything from microwaves to the

1:46.9

smartphones in your hands. But the highest end versions of those, the semiconductors that are truly special,

1:54.0

they are the ones that have exponentially more computing power, and they're the ones that are

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