Taiwan, i have not spoken to him directly but do you interpret until we don t need them anymore we are going to back them, when we don t need them anymore, china can do what it wants? well, i think our interest in taiwan extend beyond semiconductors and they pre-date the emergence of the semiconductor superpower. if china took taiwan, we would not be able to fulfill treaty obligations in the region, we have a treaty with philippines, we did nothing in 2012 when china contested and took over the scarborough shoal, their goal to militarize all the south china sea in order to control this critical maritime commerce highway and hold the rest of the world economically hostage. if they had taiwan, even if we had semiconductor independence, difficult under the current approach, and continued to militarize the south china sea the problem would remain in
That is taiwan is also a powerhouse to semiconductors and ict products. if we just look at those at those chips, taiwan accounts for about 92% of the global production, so called defence chips, which is under the 10mm. crosstalk. i know very well from a little bit of research that the taiwanese dominance of the semiconductor chip market is extraordinary. you have the power, whether it be from apple iphones to all of the computerisation of auto mobiles, you have the power to shut down vast swathes of electronic industry across the world. are you telling me you are now prepared to use that sort of power to become, if you like, a semiconductor superpower in the world? i m saying that if china
Is a much bigger economic power in the international arena and we may also need to look at this issue from a different angle. that is taiwan is also a powerhouse to semiconductors and ict products. if we just look at those at those chips, taiwan accounts for about 92% of the global production, so called defence chips, which is under the 10mm. crosstalk. i know very well from a little bit of research that the taiwanese dominance of the semiconductor chip market is extraordinary. you have the power, whether it be from apple iphones to all of the computerisation of automobiles, you have the power to shut down vast swathes of electronic industry across the world. are you telling me you are now prepared to use that sort of power to become, if you like, a semiconductor superpower in the world?
Yes, ithink, i mean, compared to russia, china is a much bigger economic power in the international arena and we may also need to look at this issue from a different angle. that is taiwan is also a powerhouse to semiconductors and ict products. if we just look at those at those chips, taiwan accounts for about 92% of the global production, so called defence chips, which is under the 10mm. crosstalk. i know very well from a little bit of research that the taiwanese dominance of the semiconductor chip market is extraordinary. you have the power, whether it be from apple iphones to all of the computerisation of automobiles, you have the power to shut down vast swathes of electronic industry across the world. are you telling me you are now prepared to use that sort of power to become, if you like, a semiconductor