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Tech's trade war

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, News, Technology

4.4221 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Is the trade dispute between the US and China hurting both nations' tech industry? Artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G telecoms are key sectors in which the superpowers are vying to be the leader. Special guests Calum Chace, author of "Surviving AI", and Emily Taylor, CEO of Oxford Information Labs, join Chris Fox to examine the effects of the trade dispute between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

(Image: Composite image of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, Credit: Reuters).

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BBCWorldservice.com slash TechTent. Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly spotlight on

0:51.0

the technology industry. I'm Chris Fox sitting in for Rory. This week,

0:55.4

we've devoted the whole show to the raging trade war between China and the United States. New

1:00.8

US tariffs are due to come in on Chinese goods this weekend, so we'll explore how the dispute is

1:06.4

affecting the tech industry in both countries. We'll be taking a close look at two sectors in which

1:12.0

these superpowers want to be the world leader. Here to break it down are our special guests,

1:17.2

Emily Taylor, the chief executive of Oxford Information Labs. I'm here to talk about the trade war

1:23.3

and its impact on 5G. That's the next generation of telecoms. And also with us is the author Callum Chase.

1:30.3

I'll be talking about how artificial intelligence is going to be enormously important to all of us

1:35.3

and how it is essentially a duopoly between the US and China at the moment.

1:39.7

And we'll also find out whether the flow of people and ideas between Silicon Valley and China

1:44.7

might dry up.

1:46.3

We talk to Stanford University professors who say the Chinese students coming to our labs

1:50.7

are the best that we can find and many of them stay here after graduation.

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