Who鈥檚 winning the USA-China tech wars?
The US and China know technology will be key to domination of world trade. Who is winning?
Rivalry between Trump鈥檚 United States and Xi鈥檚 China is rampant: from disagreements on trade tariffs, on Hong Kong and the Uighurs and, of course, the source of Covid-19.
But underlying it all is the growing tech war between these two economic superpowers, with giants like Huawei on the battlefield. For its part, China denies access to Google, Facebook, Twitter and many other American firms. It鈥檚 called 鈥榯ech nationalism鈥� - both powerhouses know that global superiority in technology and innovation will be the key to future economic domination of world trade.
Central to this growing tech war are semiconductors - the cornerstone technology of the information age and key to the US-China tech war. Semiconductors are crucial for microchips which in turn are needed for making everything from smart phones to satellite weapons systems.
President Trump鈥榮 weapons in this war have included sanctions on major Chinese companies, the goal being a global tech 鈥榙ecoupling鈥� which would see many nations move away from Chinese technology altogether.
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