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The Silicon fence around China is almost complete
Getting key allies Japan and the Netherlands on board is a crucial part of Washington’s containment policy.
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To ensure its semiconductor blockade of China remains in place, the US will need to ensure other technology leaders remain on board.
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Tim Culpan
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China’s isolation from the global semiconductor ecosystem is almost complete. In a matter of weeks, Japan and the Netherlands are expected to join the United States in its construction of a Silicon Fence around the nation. Parallels with the Cold War and the Soviet Bloc being cut off from the West provide hints as to the struggles Beijing will face in the coming decades.
Governments in Tokyo and Amsterdam are set to announce the US has already implemented to cut China off
