One would ordinarily think that the US government would approach its relations with China as a strategic conundrum that is to be to sifted through, not bludgeoned; but then this might be a herculean task for an administration that has shown no such inclination or capacity, with its make-up-as-you-go-along stratagem – replete with hefty ad hocism – now producing a bevy of unintended consequences, such as Samsung and SK hynix choosing to populate their China-based fabs with Chinese equipment to insulate those facilities against future US export controls. Samsung and SK hynix testing chipmaking tools from China’s AMEC for eventual […]
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