You know, an iphone sold in the us or europe might be designed in california and built in india using Semiconductors Made in taiwan from Raw Materials provided by china. So if any link in that supply chain breaks, it sets up big problems for the rest of the chain. And thats true for smartphones, as it is for pcs, and especially in Battery Production for those Electric Vehicles were buying more and more of. So what if one country decides to make it harderfor others to get hold of some of those critical Raw Materials . Well, thats what china announced just last month. Translation the Chinese Government implements i Export Controls on gallium and germanium related items in accordance with the law to ensure that they are used for legitimate purposes in order to safeguard National Security and better fulfil our international obligations. For quite some time now, the us side has been abusing Export Control measures to continuously strengthen its crackdown on chinas semiconductors and artific
Family members say they were not permitted to meet the men before they were killed. President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes the announcement of the us supplying ukraine with Armoured Fighting Vehicles for the first time. Meanwhile, russias unilateral ceasefire appears to have had little effect on the front line. Youre watching bbc news. Now, its time for talking business. A hundred years ago, oil was the most sought after commodity. Today, its these chips that run the world. They provide the Processing Power for everything we use, from smartphones to aircraft and cars to microwaves. But the fight for who controls the Supply Chains, the network of companies that make these devices, is escalating. Translation we will focus on National Strategic needs l and pool our resources together to boost Cutting Edge Research in science and technology domestically, and resolutely win the battle in key technologies. So instead of relying on chips made overseas in places like china, the supply chain for
offer of a truce, now ended, was deceitful. he said peace in ukraine would only be restored when russian forces were expelled. kevin mccarthy has been sworn in as speaker of the us house of representatives, after 15 rounds of voting. a small group of republican rebels had derailed each previous attempt. the new speaker says it was the influence of former president trump that helped him secure the position. iran has been widely condemned after executing two more anti government protesters. mohammad mahdi karami and seyed mohammad hosseini had appealed against their sentences for killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests against the government last year. they said they d been tortured into making false confessions. now on bbc news, talking business. 100 years ago, oil was the most sought after commodity. today, it s these chips that run the world. they provide the processing power for everything we use, from smartphones to aircraft and cars to microwave
family members say they were not permitted to meet the men before they were killed. president volodymyr zelensky welcomes the announcement of the us supplying ukraine with armoured fighting vehicles for the first time. meanwhile, russia s unilateral ceasefire appears to have had little effect on the front line. you re watching bbc news. now, it s time for talking business. a hundred years ago, oil was the most sought after commodity. today, it s these chips that run the world. they provide the processing power for everything we use, from smartphones to aircraft and cars to microwaves. but the fight for who controls the supply chains, the network of companies that make these devices, is escalating. translation: we will focus on national strategic needs l and pool our resources together to boost cutting edge research in science and technology domestically, and resolutely win the battle in key technologies. so instead of relying on chips made overseas in places like china, the s
in computing, it will try to apply those to intelligence capability then to military systems, since that s what all great powers have tended to do in the past. linghao, if i can bring you in, how are the us efforts to try and prevent china from advancing and chip technology affecting chinese companies? i think the most famous example is huawei, right? the company was cut off from getting advanced chips for a smartphone. and to give you a bit of context, like how impactful that was, at that time, huawei was the second largest smartphone maker in the world, after samsung. but now, huawei s smartphone business is essentially dead. so that sjust, you know, how easy it was for washington to cripple a chinese tech company. if you look at the latest us export controls, that is the most aggressive actions that from the us the world has seen. previously the us was targeting individual chinese companies, but this time the scope has expanded to the entire country. beijing has gone to th