Chips get chopped as Europe suffers in US-China spat over semiconductors
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Audio 07:57 Chips with everything. Semiconductors are now crucial to virtually every sector of the global economy. AFP/File 27 min As the world struggles to stem the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving the global economy in tatters, the health crisis is set to bring further hardship. One side effect has already been the global penury of computer chips, a strategic shortage that is changing the dynamics of global politics. Advertising Read more
The shortage of chips has put the US and China against each other in a struggle for supplies. Europe is desperately trying to find a means of survival.
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