Sullivan changed his view, as he said in an extremely bellicose speech in September 2022.[0] The goal is no longer to have a relative lead: > On export control

Sullivan changed his view, as he said in an extremely bellicose speech in September 2022.[0] The goal is no longer to have a relative lead: > On export controls, we have to revisit the longstanding premise of maintaining “relative” advantages over competitors in certain key technologies. We previously maintained a “sliding scale” approach that said we need to stay only a couple of generations ahead. > That is not the strategic environment we are in today. > Given the foundational nature of certain technologies, such as advanced logic and memory chips, we must maintain as large of a lead as possible. One month after this speech was given, the Biden administration put in place a whole series of measures aimed at preventing China from fabricating chips at or below 14nm. That's why it was a shock when Huawei began selling phones with 7nm chips, produced by SMIC. Huawei specifically timed the launch to be during the visit of US trade representative Gina Raimondo, as a kind of middle finger to the US. 0. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/09/16/remarks-by-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-at-the-special-competitive-studies-project-global-emerging-technologies-summit/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/20...