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He argues AI and semiconductors are not a one-country capture problem due to globally distributed supply chains, keeping strategic leverage with the U.S. despite industrial competition.
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The war is described as a modern-economy shock because Hormuz disruption hits energy, fertilizer inputs such as phosphate and ammonia, and semiconductor inputs such as helium and sulfuric acid.
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Jiang says the U.S.-China relationship is a grand bargain because China needs American market access for exports, Western-hemisphere food and energy, and access to high-end technology it cannot yet produce on its own.
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Jiang says a modern semiconductor system is an international chain in which design, manufacturing, intermediate processing, assembly, mineral extraction, and final sales are spread across multiple regions rather than controlled by one nation.
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He argues that what matters strategically is not who manufactures every chip but who controls the trade flows that connect the semiconductor chain.
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Jiang says the United States currently controls global semiconductor trade and uses that position as leverage because it believes China still cannot catch up technologically on its own.
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He says Washington uses semiconductor access to pressure China into opening more of its market to American corporations.
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He argues that American pressure has backfired in at least one major way by forcing China to accelerate its own semiconductor development.
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"Um, so it's a grand bargain. Okay. Um, and the idea here is that these two economies. These two economies are dependent on each..."
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"...States have been, uh, limiting, uh, access to the most advanced semiconductors. And so the idea is that, uh, China wants United States to..."
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"So those are the three things that China wants from the United States. Okay."
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"Yeah. Yeah. So, um, so the thing about semi semiconductors don't feel, feel, don't appreciate is that it's almost impossible for one nation to..."
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"...now America is able to control the entire global trade of semiconductors. And that's why America doesn't really fear China. Uh, it, you know,..."
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"...could China just reverse engineer and steal the IP for these semiconductors no that's not how semiconductors work semiconductors are so sophisticated that its..."
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"reverse the production of the semiconductors because it's too sophisticated it's too expensive only only one country can specialize only one field okay doesn't..."
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"...this. Helium and sulfur are used for what? They're used for semiconductors. The production of semiconductors. Helium and sulfuric acid in the production of..."
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"...technology to China. Basically, it forced China to develop its own semiconductor industry. And then there was an incident where the Huawei executive, Meng..."
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"...globalization. I mean, because AI is going to be run off semiconductors manufacturing Taiwan, right? It's just one company. It's absolutely ridiculous how everyone..."
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"And they don't want to blow up all the, you know, chip factories and all that stuff either, right? Like they want to, that's..."
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"...don't either. I mean, I guess the argument would be that semiconductors are that important and that AI is really that important to them..."
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