Archiv: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LTD (monopoly)


02.10.2021 - 16:20 [ theGuardian.com ]

‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course

Along with ongoing Covid-related restrictions in some large manufacturing countries such as Vietnam, and a well-documented shortage of components such as computer chips, factories are simply not producing enough.

British car production dropped by 27% year on year in August as a lack of semiconductors and led to a big drop in the number of vehicles exported to Australia, the US and China. On Thursday, Volkswagen, Ford and Opel maker Stellantis announced fresh temporary closures in Germany because of the chip problem.

02.10.2021 - 15:59 [ CNBC ]

The U.S. and EU discuss ways to solve the global chip shortage: Here’s what you need to know

(30.09.2021)

In addition, although the final statement doesn’t mention China, some of the pledges certainly seemed to be targeted at Beijing.

“We intend to work closely together to address non-market, trade-distortive policies and practices, improve the effectiveness of our respective domestic measures,” the U.S. and the EU said.

Officials have on numerous occasions criticized Beijing for not giving the same level of access to foreign business as to what is granted to Chinese companies abroad.

02.10.2021 - 15:53 [ .theGuardian.com ]

America faces supply-chain disruption and shortages. Here’s why

(01.10.2021)

There are more problems that strike at the heart of our economy. The most obvious is semiconductors. Production of high-end chips has gone offshore to east Asia because of deliberate policy to disinvest in the hard process of making things. In addition, the firm that now controls the industry, Taiwan Semiconductor, holds a near monopoly position with a substantial technological lead and a track record in the 1990s and early 2000s of dumping chips at below cost.