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Two things can be true; they could theoretically make agreements to limit supply, like the OPEC does to exert control over international oil prices. But the OPEC is all above board and there's plenty of international competition on the oil market.

But the challenge is in proving it.

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It isn't like OPEC and oil where you can turn on and off bumping out from the ground.

The most expensive foundry / fab isn't the leading edge, it is the "empty" ones. You can't have a fab sitting idle.