China, USA, EU: race for the chips lead

Two-thirds of all chips currently come from East Asia. The Europeans and the Americans want to change that. Both have passed enormous subsidy programs to promote their respective semiconductor industries. In the meantime, China creeps quietly to the top.

They are at the heart of modern industrial products, and whoever masters their production will decide who is the leader in future technologies: Semiconductors, more commonly known as microchips. That is why China, the USA and the EU are currently doing everything to bolster their technological position.

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