A Technological Arms Race: Chip Manufacturing
A Technological Arms Race: Chip Manufacturing

Author(s): Oskar Szydłowski
Subject(s): Politics, Supranational / Global Economy, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Security and defense, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: chip; economy; manufacturing; global economy; Taiwan; USA; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: The supply gap in the chip market caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the chips’ growing role in the global economy, as well as in international relations. Countries where chipmakers are headquartered are restricting exports of this good, and the competition for access to these products has opened a new phase in the technology race between China and the U.S. Currently, the U.S. is emerging victorious, significantly limiting China’s ability to modernise. The European Union plans to cooperate with Taiwan and the U.S. on chip supplies and is working on production technology.

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