Fudan-LSE Lecture Series No.63

复旦—LSE讲座系列第63期

Title/题目: 

The Origins, Dynamics, and Potential Futures of the U.S.-China “Chip War”

揭秘“芯片战”：中美科技博弈的动因与未来

Speaker/主讲人: 

Asst. Prof. John Minnich, Department of International Relations, LSE

John Minnich助理教授 伦敦政治经济学院国际关系系

Host/主持人: 

Prof. Yijia Jing, Fudan IGPP

敬乂嘉教授 复旦全球公共政策研究院

Discussant/评论人

Assoc.Prof.Yin Li, Fudan SIRPA

李寅副教授 复旦大学国际关系与公共事务学院

Time/时间: 

12:00-13:20, November 6th 2024

2024年11月6日12:00-13:20

Venue/地点: 

Room 805E, 8th Floor, West Sub-building of Guanghua Towers

光华楼西辅楼8楼805E会议室

https://www.wjx.cn/vm/mka2NHA.aspx

主讲人介绍/ The Speaker：

John Minnich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at LSE. His research focuses on the political economy of China’s technological rise and its impact on US-China relations. He is currently working on a book about how domestic institutions and global production networks have shaped China’s use of foreign technology transfer policies in the post-Cold War period. Prior to joining LSE, Asst. Prof. Minnich was a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program at Columbia University and a Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for the Study of Contemporary China.

讲座内容/ Abstract:

In recent years, the United States has sought to use export controls to limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors and the tools used to make them. This talk explores the origins and some implications of U.S. semiconductor-related export controls. We argue that the United States’ desire to seize a window of opportunity to forestall future Chinese gains led it to impose export controls on China. This decision was made easier by a perceived offensive advantage rooted in the United States’ privileged position in global semiconductor supply chains. We conceptualize the chip war as a case of limited preventive economic warfare and analyze its origins and future prospects drawing on interviews with people close to the policy process in both countries and other primary and secondary sources. Our analysis highlights the challenges of extending similar export controls to future conflicts over other technology domains.