China has announced a ban on exports to the United States of gallium, germanium and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications.

China has near global monopolies on these exports, accounting for 98% of global gallium production, 93% of germanium production, and 49% of antimony production.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    The Arizona fab is for relatively standard chips, not the high end ones.

    And this is also a step to prepare for an incoming president that has already kicked off a trade war before he even got there.