This seems to escape a surprising number of people.
... even when unsubtly reminded. Maybe we need a website with a decent set of infographics that show the various inter-dependencies of the world economy, and an overlay showing the timings of these inter-dependencies.
The US needs solar and wind hardware manufactured by China.
China needs advanced chips manufactured by ... Taiwan.
Yes but TSMC themselves rely on software and fab equipment/materials made by Europe and US. TSMC also needs stuff from China, mind you.
It's all connected.
> It's all connected
This seems to escape a surprising number of people.
... even when unsubtly reminded. Maybe we need a website with a decent set of infographics that show the various inter-dependencies of the world economy, and an overlay showing the timings of these inter-dependencies.