Alex Capri at the Hinrich Foundation, who is also a World Economic Forum Agenda Contributor, tells TaiwanPlus how U.S. active efforts in curbing Chinese innovation is likely to intensify. Capri details how the U.S. is ‘re-globalizing’ supply chains to exclude China as even wide-spread low risk technology in personal computers are being scrutinized. He also discusses Taiwan’s strategic location also plays a key role in this decoupling.
Alex Capri of the NUS Business School says Huawei symbolizes the dependence on Chinese firms on foreign technology. There could be a "dramatic decoupling" if that tech continues to be licensed or blocked, he says.
Life will get more difficult for American firms in China, says Alex Capri, visiting senior fellow, NUS Business School.
In this session a leading industry expert discusses the global semiconductor landscape amid the growing trend towards regional production and self-reliance; the challenges and opportunities offered by workforce demands, new materials and technology convergence; and the promise and disruptive potential of convergence across semiconductor, AI and quantum technologies.
The National Press Foundation in collaboration with the Hinrich Foundation welcomed 22 Asia-based journalists to its International Trade Fellowship in Singapore last month. The five-day workshop, held at the Foundation’s offices in Singapore, touched on digital trade, trade agreements, and U.S.-China trade friction among other issues.
Alex Capri, a Hinrich Foundation research fellow and a visiting senior fellow at the National University of Singapore Business School, says that the U.S. and China are in the early stages of a historic tech war. Semiconductors are at the heart of it.