> because, for example, the US has 85% of the global semiconductor sales This is incorrect. I looked at the PDF that you had linked to[0], and it says, on page

> because, for example, the US has 85% of the global semiconductor sales This is incorrect. I looked at the PDF that you had linked to[0], and it says, on page 14 (of the PDF) that the total sales in the Americas is 22% of global sales. They say "Americas", so that includes Canada, Mexico, Central, and South America. The Asia Pacific region is where 60.3% of all semiconductors are sold to. And China is the largest consumer of semiconductors, at 33.8%. [0] https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-SIA-Factbook-FINAL.pdf https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20... (under Section 2: Global Market, on page 15 of the PDF / page 11 of the numbering scheme they use)