South Korea Japan Trade War

[elvn]

I didn't see this posted on a quick search so I thought I'd mention it.

Updated 6:51 AM ET, Thu August 8, 2019
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/08/tech/south-korea-japan-trade-war/index.html

.."The restrictions on the three chemical materials are already troubling the global semiconductor industry. South Korea's Samsung (SSNLF) and SK Hynix make nearly two thirds of the world's memory chips, which are used in everything from smartphones to connected cars. Smartphone makers including Apple (AAPL) and Huawei rely on memory chips from the South Korean companies."

 

[Uvaman2]

Theyll work it out.

 

[clockdogg]

Anand says they did: https://www.anandtech.com/show/1473...pments-of-industrial-chemicals-to-south-korea

 

[elvn]

yes, from the top paragraph of the article I linked:

"
Tokyo (CNN Business)Japan has approved the first exports of sensitive materials to South Korea since a trade dispute began last month, but at the same time warned that it could expand curbs on dealings with its neighbor.

The Japanese government on Thursday said it would allow exports of some high-tech materials considered vital to South Korea's semiconductor industry. Companies such as Samsung use them to make computer chips, among other products."

I was out of the loop on this so just passing it along.

 

[hititnquitit]

Hopefully they get it worked out. It could cause a serious price crunch.