The "chip war" launched by the United States has put both South Korea and the Netherlands under control. Now, South Korea and the Netherlands have joined forces to form a "semiconductor alliance". It can be said that South Korea's ** Yoon Suk-yeol has learned to use his strength this time.
Yoon Suk-yeol recently arrived in the Netherlands for a four-day state visit. The visit focused on the global semiconductor chain, seeking to reduce South Korea's technological gap with the help of the Netherlands and improve South Korea's independent production capacity of semiconductor equipment.
The key itinerary of this visit is Yoon Suk-yeol's visit to the Dutch company ASML. ASML is the only manufacturer in the world that can ** the EUV lithography machine required for chips of 7nm and below. Through this partnership, South Korea is expected to acquire stable semiconductors** and increase its independence in the field of semiconductor production.
Therefore, it is also considered to be an important moment in the establishment of the "semiconductor alliance" relationship between South Korea and the Netherlands. This may be the first time that South Korea has announced a "semiconductor alliance" with a specific country, according to a senior official of the South Korean government.
Yoon Suk-yeol's visit to the NetherlandsIn the context of the tension facing the semiconductor chain, the cooperation between South Korea and the Netherlands in the field of semiconductors is of considerable strategic significance. For South Korea, this cooperation plan is not only to stabilize the semiconductor chain, but also to ensure South Korea's strategic position in the semiconductor field.
The "chip war" launched by the United States has made the global chip ** volume tight, and the manufacturing cost has soared, the entire market has fallen into chaos, and the economic losses have been extremely heavy. Although many Western semiconductor companies have temporarily compromised under the coercion and lure of the United States, as time goes by, the income is getting lower and lower, and the attractiveness of the Chinese market has not decreased.
In this context, the United States urgently needs to establish an "independent" chain system, in the words of the Americans themselves, called "based on the same values" as the premise, to create a new chain.
The United States originally wanted to use the "Indo-Pacific Economic Framework" to "replace" China with ASEAN. Theoretically, ASEAN is rich in resources, has a large population, low production costs, and is in a period of rapid development, with great potential. But in the more than a year since the framework was established, little substantive progress has been observed.
On the one hand, the United States is reluctant to concede benefits to ASEAN, ASEAN lacks motivation, and ASEAN is not really a whole, and there are many obstacles to the promotion of cooperation, and there is competition between member countries.
On the other hand, ASEAN member states generally lack perfect infrastructure, the execution of ** is relatively low, many industrial projects can not be carried out at all, and the most current undertaking is only assembly work, and the efficiency and yield rate are quite unstable.
Therefore, the United States has been courting South Korea and Japan this year, especially South Korea, another basic manufacturing power in East Asia, Biden also personally visited Samsung's factory, obviously to make South Korea have another "Han River miracle" and become a "bridgehead" of a new industrial chain.
In South Korea's view, the "high hopes" of the United States are an opportunity for a resurgence. And Yoon Suk-yeol ** has a "big power" feeling, since coming to power, the diplomatic offensive has been very fierce, traveling all over the eastern and western hemispheres, whether it is in the military field or the commercial field, he has frequently shot.
It is not difficult to see that the purpose of Yin Xiyue**'s cooperation with the Netherlands is to "leverage strength" to expand his influence with the help of the strength of the Netherlands and the influence of the United States, which is indeed a good hand.
Biden visited Samsung's factory, but the problem is that South Korea's industrial size and conditions are limited, and even if South Korea gets technical support as he wishes, it will only temporarily make up for some of the production capacity needed by the United States.
Therefore, Yin Xiyue**'s current approach seems grandiose, but it still needs time to prove how effective it is.
Of course, this also shows that Yin Xiyue** does not want to be passive and controlled by others. At present, South Korea really needs to seek innovation and change.