This piece gets the cart and the horse backwards. The localization of chip manufacturing isn't a "move into protectionism," it's simply a delayed response to th

This piece gets the cart and the horse backwards. The localization of chip manufacturing isn't a "move into protectionism," it's simply a delayed response to the growing recognition that chips are more than just consumer goods. Energy and information have always been the things most valued by states, the only thing new is that solar panels and silicon dominance have moved from being a far fleck on the horizon to being seen as the inevitable future, if not already the present. You may as well call a state "protectionist" for attempting to achieve self-sufficiency in food and water. When barriers to access go from international policy to international supply, you adapt or die.