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July 25, 2025

How Does Semiconductor Trade Work?

Key Points  How Does Semiconductor Trade Work? How is it that South Korea—one of the world’s most important makers of the chips critical for goods from cars to computers—imports more semiconductors from the United States than it exports? Semiconductor supply chains are immensely complex. Some of the trade dynamics, like America’s unexpected surplus in chip…