Impact and Challenge on Semiconductor Industry under Trade Conflict between U.S. and China

Global semiconductor equipment market is still dominated by U.S., Japanese, and European brands with their proprietary processes and technologies and has relatively high barriers to enter. Pressured by U.S. semiconductor export controls, the Chinese semiconductor industry will be significantly affected. This report provides an overview of timeline of the trade conflict between the U.S. and China since 2018, analyzes the impact on semiconductor industry in China, the U.S. and Taiwan, outlines China's possible countermeasures against the conflict, and examines possible opportunities if the conflict continues.

Impact and Challenge on Semiconductor Industry under Trade Conflict between U.S. and China

The development timeline of the trade conflict between the U.S. and China during the period 2018-2020, touching on products included in the Entity List

Impact on China semiconductor industry, including the industry shipment value from 2011 to 2019 and outlining semiconductor projects developed from China's Big Fund from 2014 to 2018 as well as semiconductor clusters in China

Impact of U.S. ban on Huawei'schips, smartphones, and 5G base stations

Development of the global semiconductor industry, touching on how major IT brands have reacted such as Google, Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD following the Huawei Ban.

China'spossible countermeasures against the conflict, touching on its development of emerging applications ICs, a homegrown semiconductor industry, and China Standards 2035

Outline of key industrial challenges and opportunities if the conflict continues.

Table of Contents

Background of U.S. and China Trade Conflict

Impact on China's Semiconductor Industry

Impact on U.S. and Taiwan Industries

China's Possible Countermeasures against the China-U.S. Conflict

Key Industrial Challenges and Opportunities

List of Tables & Figures