News China Fires Back at US Sanctions, Officially Restricts Exports of Chipmaking Materials Gallium and Germanium

[Admin]

There is no immediate threat to the supply of gallium and germanium-based components, but prices may go up.

China Fires Back at US Sanctions, Officially Restricts Exports of Chipmaking Materials Gallium and Germanium : Read more

 

[TechieTwo]

I don't imagine they can substitute gallium for food so this is a loss-loss deal where no one wins.

 

[anonymousdude]

Like the article pointed out, neither material is actually rare just unprofitable to mine. When push comes to shove countries will have to mine it themselves. Naturally, they'll avoid that as long as they can as the cost and environmental impact is steep. More likely what will happen is they'll just buy through an intermediary. Kind of like how things were shipped to Vietnam first, to sidestep US tariffs on Chinese goods.