Re: Internet and phones aren't the issue. Its the chips
The dominant manufacturers of semiconductor equipment are also largely US with some Japanese and EU suppliers.
I suggest you check out the major producer of chip-fabricating machines (ASML). That is a really dominant manufacturer of semiconductor equipment and the only real competitor (based in the USA) recently got taken out of the game (by American judges) for industrial espionage.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
