AI and Semiconductors: The New Battlegrounds for Global Power
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 20 Apr 2025
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- 2
- Australian
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- 24 Apr 2025, 01:25 pm
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Unlike during the Cold War, countries will not be able to remain neutral because China and the US will continue to push nations to choose which side of the tech stack they support.
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The article examines the ongoing 'tech cold war' between the US and China, focusing on the strategic importance of technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors. This geopolitical struggle is poised to significantly impact nations worldwide, forcing them to take sides due to trade restrictions and export controls. Although the piece highlights the shift from traditional resources to tech dominance in global power dynamics, it does not delve deeply into existential AI risks. Instead, it underscores AI's role in national security and economic strategy, providing a broader perspective on technological governance and policy challenges. While relevant to global AI governance, its focus is more on economic and geopolitical aspects rather than safety-specific outcomes.
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PolicyForeign Affairs & SecurityTrade warsPrint articleApr 21, 2025 – 10.50amSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginThe US trade war has dominated global media coverage, but what is often missing is a sense of the trade war’s longer-term impacts on the continuing US-China “tech cold war”, which is just heating up.China and the US arecompeting for supremacy over technologies(such as artificial intelligence and semiconductors) that are critically important for their respective national security and societal developmental needs. In practice, this has manifested in various ways, particularly through trade restrictions and export controls.Loading...Helen Zhangis the co-founder of Intrigue Media, and was formerly an Australian diplomat as well as global public policy manager at Google.SaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreTrade warsOpinionAIGlobalisationForeign relationsTrump diplomacyFuture technologyTrump's White HouseChinaFetching latest articlesThe New Zealand wine that’ll change the way you drink pinot noirMax AllenWhat do hotel awards really mean?‘It heals me’: This MD has one surefire way to switch offGrant Hackett is now a CEO. But his diet is still heavy on proteinSally Patten and Lap PhanThis CEO thought he was healthy. Then he went for a checkHow the Macquarie CEO played a role in setting me up to lead MagellanFrom Les Mis to an absurdist play: the shows you must see in MayMichael BaileyAn icon of mid-century design is back in businessThe Arctic lake where luxury EVs are put through their pacesRoberts Co NSW to be acquired by UAE builder AradaMichael BlebyWhy cashing out won’t be easy for Australia’s gambling billionairesSpotlight’s new Anaconda will teach shoppers to fish