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China doesn't make that many critical parts for phones. Excluding Taiwan - does China have a monopoly on anything important beside assembly for Apple? Samsung
by onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
China doesn't make that many critical parts for phones.
Excluding Taiwan - does China have a monopoly on anything important beside assembly for Apple?
Samsung would not be screwed.
- throwaway4good 5y agoBatteries?
- uuyi 5y agoIt’s not about parts but raw materials. It’s far more expensive to import materials, make parts and assemble post import than assemble everything at source and then export it.
- atlasunshrugged 5y agoLiterally the vast majority of the critical mineral supply chain that is needed as inputs for most modern electronics, EVs, etc. although the US gov is finally waking up and doing something about it. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/22/fact-sheet-securing-a-made-in-america-supply-chain-for-critical-minerals/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...