The hosts discuss the ongoing trade war between the US and China over semiconductor chips, focusing on China's restriction of gallium and germanium exports and the US's decision to halt sales of advanced chips and technology to China. They examine the importance of these chips in industries like artificial intelligence and speculate on how this trade war could affect China's technological development.
Semiconductors are used in just about every piece of technology. The US wants to limit what China can do with them. Alex W. Palmer explains the latest front in the fight for tech dominance.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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