China Future Tech webinar | US-China tech war in era of Trump tariffs
With an expert guest, we discuss how China can continue to pursue tech advances amid uncertainties brought by Washington’s trade policy changes
This live-streamed webinar is available to all logged-in SCMP readers
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are expected to not only intensify the US-China tech war, but also reshape the world’s technological and economic landscape.
Apart from profoundly affecting key sectors such as semiconductors and biomedicine, the tariffs create new challenges for China in its goal to achieve technological self-sufficiency.
To shed more light on these complex dynamics, the webinar’s panel featured guest speaker Gary Ng, senior economist for Asia-Pacific at Natixis.
The webinar’s discussion covered:
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How tariffs disrupt the supply chains of semiconductors and biomedicine
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China’s strategy on how to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor technology
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How an intensified tech war could potentially affect the pace of AI development in China
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Beijing’s position in tackling the impact of tariffs on China’s technology industry
Our panellists were: