[MangoCoffee]

> the trade spat between South Korea and Japan result in Samsung executes going to Japan

>Can you elaborate on this? Would love to know more about that.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-japan-laborers...

>Though it remains unclear exactly how far Tokyo could slow the export approval process or if it will shift towards a ban, South Korean chipmakers are worried the situation could develop into a full-blown crisis.

>“These materials, they are not something that we can find at another store and buy quickly,” said a source at one South Korean chipmaker, declining to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter."

edit: Japan produce the best chemicals use for chip making. I believe no one country can do it all.

[rjzzleep]

I see, one thing I noticed during Covid is that when China stopped exporting medical equipment due to the emergency ban, Japan immediately engaged companies like Iris-Ohyama to bring their production facilities back to Japan.

To my understanding Japan is the only country that said they want production back home, immediately worked on implementing their subsidy program and immediately executed on the production of facilities, such as the TSMC fab. The US talked about it and the EU talked about it,they came around for long subsidy planning and production planning. The EU as always being the slowest of the bunch.