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Feima

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The IPEF, a framework proposed by U.S. President Joe Biden, was
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with 13 nations: the U.S., Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Fiji
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later that month.
But the group does not include Taiwan -- a key link in the global semiconductor supply chain.

Taiwan is not a member because US cannot prevail upon all other members to let Taiwan join other than as Chinese Taipei, and joining as Chinese Taipei would mean loss of face for the US.
 

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U.S.-led Indo-Pacific nations to consider emergency chip stockpile​

Plan for mutual transfers of vital goods would be triggered by wars, pandemics

The 14 nations in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework will consider creating a formal system for sharing semiconductor devices, medical products and other vital supplies during international emergencies, Nikkei has learned.

IPEF countries would have mutual access to these stockpiles during events that disrupt supply chains, such as military conflicts and pandemics. Specifics will be discussed during the
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in Los Angeles this week.

The proposal responds to widespread reliance on China for many critical supplies, from industrially vital rare-earth elements to personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers.

The IPEF, a framework proposed by U.S. President Joe Biden, was
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with 13 nations: the U.S., Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Fiji
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later that month.
But the group does not include Taiwan -- a key link in the global semiconductor supply chain.

Cabinet-level officials from the member states will gather in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday for the group's first in-person ministerial meeting. They seek to finalize a joint statement that includes the goal of establishing a crisis management mechanism for supply chains.

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are to be part of the package. Each IPEF nation will appoint a contact person for this arrangement. Members will share data on inventory and risks as well as cooperate on alternative sources of supplies.

One proposal calls for promoting efficient transfers of critical supplies, including sharing inventory.

Beyond semiconductors, the sharing framework likely would include PPE, along with rare earths and storage batteries.

If the IPEF members agree to the plan in a joint statement, preparations could begin next year.

Beijing restricted exports of rare earths to Japan following a 2010 incident in which a Chinese fishing boat collided with Japanese Coast Guard vessels near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands, which China claims as the Diaoyu Islands.

More recently, many countries were dependent on Chinese-made products for PPE during the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a reliance that disrupted logistics and supplies.

Several IPEF members are strong in producing critical supplies. Japan, the U.S. and South Korea control nearly half of global semiconductor production capacity. For rare earths, the U.S., Australia and India produce almost 30% of the total volume. Indonesia is a major producer of medical PPE.

Some countries are unwilling to join the IPEF out of consideration for their relations with China. Some countries reportedly are reluctant to join a supply-sharing mechanism that sidelines China.

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The Indo-Pacific economic framework (IPEF) is the economic containment leg of the China containment policy of the Biden administration.
Oh you meant the USA is obviously selling Taiwan out? All those talk are just tech transfers to Colorado and Japan and the Taiwanese biding time by buying outdated military hardware.
 

supersnoop

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If a mere magnet is capable of doing that then China probably reverse engineered some Zeta Reticuli tech from Grey Aliens.

I was imagining a Terminator type scenario. The Chinese have captured the terminator technology from the future and now developed the metal that can take over the F-35 at will… or at the very least, every television in America made in the last 15 years! Now broadcasting… Xi Xinping Thoughts… 24/7
 

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Basically, it just says China is going to be a lot more hands rather than leaving it entirely on private companies on the development of core technologies and other strategic sectors. I guess we will have to see what details are in the new national system they planning to introduce. Sounds like the Manhattan project but on a greater scale.




On the bright side, this basically means China is 100% going to start pushing for it’s own path without West and their greasy hands.
The State Scientific and Technological Commission of The People's Republic of China once existed!
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manqiangrexue

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China has also very dire demographics that will lead to huge depopulation in its current stage. The PRC is barely 73 years old. I'm not trolling when I say that in my view this could lead to the decline or even the collapse of PRC. Certainly because there is zero action and very little discussion about this worsening trend.
Oh, the CCP's gonna collapse if it has less than a billion people to rule over? LOL China's birth rate and population decline are more than overcompensated for but the increase in per capita output. China's growth never depended on population growth; it came from poor people getting rich, villagers becoming educated city-slickers. Where there used to be 14 people who average $10, there are now 14 people who average $20, and in the future, it may be 10 people who average $40. That's how China can grow regardless of a reduction in population. Countries that depend on more people to have more GDP are screwed but countries like China that depend on qualitative growth have no ceiling; it can end up with 700B people and be twice the strength of the US.
 

Peas

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China has also very dire demographics that will lead to huge depopulation in its current stage. The PRC is barely 73 years old. I'm not trolling when I say that in my view this could lead to the decline or even the collapse of PRC. Certainly because there is zero action and very little discussion about this worsening trend.
If that happen, China may could export more food to the world. That's a good thing.
 

ansy1968

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Oh, the CCP's gonna collapse if it has less than a billion people to rule over? LOL China's birth rate and population decline are more than overcompensated for but the increase in per capita output. China's growth never depended on population growth; it came from poor people getting rich. Where there used to be 14 people who each made $10, there are now 10 people who each make $50. That's how China grows regardless of a reduction in population. Countries that depend on more people to have more GDP are screwed but countries like China that depend on qualitative growth have no ceiling; it can end up with 700B people and be twice the strength of the US.
well bro I have a lot of Mainland customer who have 3 kids or more, heck some even married the locals and send their children to China to be educated there...lol So I believed it will balance itself out as the Chinese quality of life improve, many from SK, Japan and ASEAN will call China home. Look we may see conflict arising because of immigration, we may see the Indians as the next target, as they export themselves out of poverty. As they bring their culture which is antithetical to the locals beliefs and way of life, like the caste system in the workplace, their work attitude, the boastfulness and condescending character. We have seen how the Indian TWITTER CEO arrogantly treat his employees, as the economic crisis deepens the narratives of blame will be focus on race, since the China threat story had run its course the next target are those who ran the US company and most of them are Indians.
 
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