WashingtonshowsithasnomoralscruplesinitsurgingoftheRepublicofKoreatoinvolveitschipmakersinthestruggleagainstChina.

WashingtoncallingontheROKtourgeitschipmakersnottofillanymarketgapinChinaifBeijingbansIdaho-basedMicronfromsellingchipsisnotjustagratuitousinsulttotheROKbutalsotellstheworldhowselfishanddespotictheUnitedStatesisasfarasitsrelationswithitsalliesandglobaldevelopmentareconcerned.

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HowlowcanWashingtonsink?

Giventhetimingoftherequest,whenROKPresidentYoonSuk-yeolisvisitingWashington,itcanbeconsideredakindofcoercion.WashingtonhasputYooninaverydifficultsituation.ItwouldbeimpossibleforhimnottofeelthatheisbeinggivenanultimatumbyWashington.IfheactsontherequestoftheWhiteHouse,itisnotjustYoonaspresidentoftheROKbutalsohiscountrythatwilllosedignity.

Ifanything,whatYoonhassaidabouttheTaiwanquestionandthepossibilityoftheROKprovidingmilitaryequipmenttoUkraineunderpressurefromWashingtonhavealreadymadehimatargetofderisiondomesticallyandcalledintoquestionhisjudgmentinternationally.

TheUSunveiledsweepingchip-relatedexportcontrolsonChinalastOctoberinordertostymieChina"sdevelopmentofsemiconductors.Washington"sweaponizingofeconomicactivitiesinthenameofnationalsecurityhasalreadyseriouslydisruptedtheglobalsupplychains.

TheworldiswatchinghowfarWashingtonwillgoinpervertingthenormaloperationofglobalsupplychainsandthatoftheglobalindustrychainsinitsattemptstosuppressChina"sdevelopment.

Ithastwisteditsrelationswithitsalliestosuchadegreethatitshowsnoconcernforthedebilitatingeffectsofitsactionsonitsallies,andisplacingitsalliesinanembarrassingandhumiliatingposition.Howcansuchrelationsbesustainable?IthasdonesuchdamagetoglobalsupplychainsbyimposingdiscriminatesanctionsthatitsowntechnologycompaniesaresufferingandsoaretheAmericanpeople.

EvenifSamsungElectronicsandSKHynixdoasWashingtonhasrequestedunderthepressureoftheROKgovernment,thetwocompanieswillsuffertremendously,andglobalsupplychainswillbefurtherdisrupted.Asaresult,UStechnologycompanieswillhaveanevenworsetime.Meanwhile,Chinawillstepupitseffortstorealizeself-relianceinthecoretechnologiesofkeyfields.

Washington"sself-servingbullyinginthefieldoftechnologywillnotbewell-receivedasitisharmfultoallcountries.Thepracticeonlyfurtherreinforcesthatitisarogueoutlierintheinternationalcommunity.

Itwillendupeatingitselfwithitsinsatiablehungerfordominance.