Is the Chip War against China Backfiring? (Robert Wright & Paul Triolo)
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🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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0:28 What is the chip war intended to accomplish? 11:44 How China sees the chip war 19:02 Is Huawei a threat to US national security? 30:21 Paul: The chip restrictions on China are unprecedented 39:39 How Biden boosted China’s chip industry 52:40 Clear costs and unclear benefits of the chip war
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Triolo (Albright Stonebridge Group). Recorded October 02, 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast. |
| 0:27.1 | Hi, Paul. |
| 0:31.1 | Hello, Bob. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm glad to be here. |
| 0:33.5 | Well, I'm glad to have you. |
| 0:34.5 | Let me introduce this. |
| 0:35.3 | I'm Robert Wright, publisher of the Non-Zero Newsletter. |
| 0:45.7 | This is the Non-Zero podcast. You are Paul Triolo, a partner at the Albright Stonebridge group, well-known consulting firm in Washington, and you focus on China and technology policy. |
| 0:53.1 | And I'm really looking forward to this conversation |
| 0:55.7 | because this month is the two-year anniversary |
| 0:58.5 | of the launching of the so-called chip war |
| 1:01.6 | by the Biden administration against China, |
| 1:04.8 | which limits China's ability to import advanced microchips, |
| 1:09.6 | not just from the US, but from other countries, notably microchips, not just from the U.S., but from other countries, |
| 1:12.1 | notably microchips involved in AI, and also limits their ability to import the equipment |
| 1:18.1 | you need to make advanced microchips. |
| 1:22.1 | This is a very big deal, and you are one of the world's leading experts. |
| 1:28.4 | And if people doubt me, they can go check out the spring edition of the Journal |
| 1:31.7 | American Affairs where you have a deep dive on this called a new era for the Chinese |
| 1:35.6 | semiconductor industry. |
| 1:37.4 | Beijing responds to export controls. |
| 1:40.7 | You've also been, you were before this at the ERAZ group, before that in government. |
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