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Pacifying US, Taiwan weaponizes chip access, targeting South Africa first
South Africa has 60 days to meet with Taiwan to avoid export curbs.
Taiwan has begun evolving its trade strategy to start wielding its dominant position as a leading supplier of cutting-edge chips as a weapon, Bloomberg reported. On Tuesday, Taiwan announced that it would be limiting shipments of semiconductors into South Africa—among 47 restricted products—due to national security concerns. On Wednesday, China's foreign ministry spokesperson, Guo Jiakun, Taiwan's export curbs as "a deliberate move to destabilize global chip industrial and supply chains and counter the prevailing international commitment to the one-China principle by weaponizing chips."
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