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SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 15, 2023--

With the Ukraine war, global inflation, and geopolitical tensions, consumer electronics sales plunged, which further caused a decrease in semiconductor sales. Given the weakened demand for chips, DIGITIMES Research projects a 9.2% decline in global foundry industry revenue for 2023.

TrendForce reports the total sales of New Energy Vehicles NEVscomprising BEVs PHEVs and FCVsreached 2.656 million units in the first quarter of 2023 marking a 28 YoY increase.

It is an indisputable fact that China is lagging far behind Taiwan in chip manufacturing. In order to protect the competitiveness of its high-tech industries and its economic interests, as well as to prevent the outflow of business secrets of core technologies, Taiwan has amended Articles 9 and 91 of the . According to academic sources, corporations are not the only onces taking precautionary measures; mainland Chinese students studying or doing research in Taiwan are not allowed to have access to sensitive semiconductor technology.

The long-awaited semiconductor strategy launched today by the UK Government has been met with criticism around a lack of ambition