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Is the Chip War against China Backfiring? (Robert Wright & Paul Triolo)
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Is the Chip War against China Backfiring? (Robert Wright & Paul Triolo)

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0:00 What is the chip war intended to accomplish?
11:20 How China sees the chip war
18:38 Is Huawei a threat to US national security?
29:57 Paul: The chip restrictions on China are unprecedented
39:15 How Biden boosted China’s chip industry
52:16 Clear costs and unclear benefits of the chip war

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Triolo (Albright Stonebridge Group). Recorded October 02, 2024.

Overtime titles:

0:00 The open-source-AI problem in US-China relations
17:09 How the US is making war over Taiwan more likely
30:58 Why did the foreign policy establishment become so anti-China?

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