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The Trade Guys

Legacy Chips, Auto Exports, and the Red Sea

Jan 12, 2024
This podcast episode explores China's dominance in the legacy chip and automotive markets, the challenges of dealing with China in terms of industrial policy and trade, the need to address legal and regulatory hurdles in the technology industry, the impact of armed conflict on trade routes in the Middle East, and the discussion around piracy and multinational efforts to protect tankers and containerships.
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  • China's increasing production capabilities in legacy chips raises concerns about security, economic competitiveness, and export control.
  • China's success in the global auto export market is attributed to its large domestic market, production of low-cost and reliable vehicles, and finding markets outside of the US, particularly in Mexico.

Deep dives

Concerns over China Flooding the Market with Legacy Chips

The Chinese model of overinvestment, overcapacity, and overproduction has resulted in dumping in industries such as steel, aluminum, and solar panels. The Committee on Strategic Competition between the US and the CCP has highlighted China's growing production capabilities in legacy chips, which are older, larger chips used in various sectors. China's increasing capacity to produce these chips raises concerns about security, economic competitiveness, and export control. Despite having tools like anti-dumping and subsidy measures, multilateralizing actions may prove challenging due to the limited number of chip-producing countries.

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