Comment by BLKNSLVR

4 days ago

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.