Strategic Aspects of Semiconductor Trade Policy

         
Author Name Kenneth Flamm
Creation Date/NO. January 1990 90-DOF-7
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Abstract

In recent Years, continuing trade friction in the international semiconductor industry has been the barometer of increasing stresses on the trading system for high technology goods among industrialized countries. This paper argues that structural changes in the semiconductor industry have made strategic issues-- that is, predicting how the actions of others may be affected by one's own choices, and vice-versa-- central to an understanding of these conflicts. The nature of the strategic issues created by the current structure of semiconductor trade and investment is examined. Possible responses to these problems, and the way in which such tensions might be reduced over the long term are analyzed.