Are Malaysia Tech Companies A Beneficiary Of US Export Controls To China?

Dato' Wong Siew Hai, President, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association

19-Oct-22 07:30

Are Malaysia Tech Companies A Beneficiary Of US Export Controls To China?

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The US introduced export control measures designed to limit US technology transfer to China. This ban will affect chips used in artificial intelligence and supercomputing and will certainly decouple the global semiconductor chain. How will China retaliate and will Malaysia technology companies benefit from China's Plus 1 strategy? We speak to Dato’ Wong Siew Hai, President, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association for some insights.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Chong Tjen San, Keith Kam

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Categories: markets, technology, international

Tags: malaysia tech, us export control, global semiconductor chain, technology companies, semiconductor industry, semiconductor sector, us china trade war,

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