Lessons from China’s semiconductor technology push

From cars and phones to satellite technology, semiconductors play
a key role in many of our modern utilities and consumer goods. As
such, semiconductors are China’s main import item and an
essential component of a lot of its exports. Since the US push to
restrict this trade, China has been investing heavily on its
semiconductor industry, to reduce their dependence on the rest of
the world. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Giuseppe
Porcaro is joined by Bruegel’s Alicia García-Herrero and Jason
Hsu, a Senior Research Fellow at The Ash Centre for Democratic
Governance and Innovation Harvard Kennedy School, to discuss
China’s semiconductor policies, as well as its implications and
lessons for Taiwan and the rest of the world.   

This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound
of Economics.

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