During the G7 summit, Johnson and Biden were photographed talking together
The Group of Seven (G7) summit was held from 11th to 13th of this month in the seaside resort of Cabis Bay, Cornwall in southwestern England. In addition to the leaders of the member states, Britain, America, France, Germany, Japan and Italy, the European Council Chairman Mi Schell and European Commission President von der Lein were also invited to attend the meeting. However, around this offline meeting of the “Developed Countries Clubs”, the British columnist Simon Tisdell saw some differences.
The beginning of the article said: Under the tense and friendly atmosphere of the G7 summit, there is a kind of visceral fear-Biden is trying to establish a so-called democratic alliance to contain China and Russia, but this behavior will divide the world into two. , Making Europe betrayed by Britain in a dilemma.
Obviously, when describing the roles played by all parties in the G7 summit, the article divides the United Kingdom and other European countries into two different camps.
When portraying other European countries, the article said that although some members of the public applauded Biden’s key message that the United States is “back” after Trump’s extreme nationalism, “European leaders seem to be Far from being persuaded.” They worry that the European Union may be involved in the second endless cold war. In addition, by 2024, Biden, who is 82 years old, may be “hawkish” Trump or another partner. People of the same type as Lampe stepped down. Such unstable factors also made the leaders of these European countries suspicious about the development of US-EU relations.
Not only that, the article said that a recent survey conducted by the European Commission on Foreign Relations on EU countries reflects people’s concerns about Europe’s future in a hostile world. The report revealed that “people generally lack confidence in the ability of the United States to regain leadership in the West”, and most Europeans believe that the US political system has collapsed.

Biden and Johnson (right) “In short, they no longer trust anyone. On the contrary, most people believe that Europe should develop a unified response to global threats. They prefer pragmatic partnerships rather than permanent alliances.” The article concluded. But when it comes to the performance of the United Kingdom, the tone of the article is completely different: “Marked by the revised “Atlantic Charter” and many’Cornishian’ clichés, Johnson spoke to Biden and the United States at the G7 summit. Flattery and embrace send a clear message to Europe.” The article then uses the United Kingdom as a metaphor, saying that it is “like a whipped bulldog that is eager to be favored. After Brexit, the United Kingdom will become a pet that obeys Washington and needs help.” Although Johnson is not Wins. Don Churchill, but the article says, just like Churchill in 1941, Johnson now desperately needs American support. In summary, the article finally settled in Europe’s future analysis stated that for EU leaders, the G7 continues the illusion of power and purpose. Unless these countries immediately grasp the destiny of Europe, Europe will be squeezed like an immature lemon. Between global hostile forces that are inconsistent with European values ​​and interests. And “Europe’s choice”-either become a stand-up actor on the world stage, or become the laughing stock of Trump and Johnson. It is worth noting that when the Guardian published this article, it was ironically accompanied by a photo of Johnson and Biden being photographed talking together during the G7 summit. In the photo, the two turned their backs to the camera, and Biden’s left hand slapped Johnson’s back, the latter leaning forward with a smile on his face. The image of Britain conveyed by the photo also triggered discussion among netizens. ↓ “As clearly shown in the picture, it is a pet on a leash. Sit down and serve as a treat!” “Britain is our English Bulldog.” “Britain will become America’s pet, and Europe’s future is full of risks.’Now put your toys away, be a good boy, get me a cup of coffee, no milk.'” In addition, some people agreed with the analysis of the article. ↓ “The EU is a’bitter lemon’… a lot of truth.” However, some people do not agree with the content of the article. ↓ “What a shockingly biased report, mixed with the author’s personal opinions. But what can you expect differently from The Guardian?”

HUAWEI CLOUD AI continues to innovate, accelerating industry intelligence upgrades

Fang Fan, a senior planner of Huawei Cloud EI, believes that artificial intelligence has entered thousands of industries and has begun to enter the practical stage. AI has entered the core production system of enterprises and began to create greater value. The overall development strategy of Huawei Cloud AI is to create a full-stack, full-scenario solution for cloud, edge, and end devices, providing ample and economical computing resources, easy-to-use, high-efficiency, and full-process AI platform. At the same time, the latest AI technology and practice accumulation are added to existing products and services, allowing customers to effectively implement AI; and facing the world, continue to cooperate extensively with academia, industry and industry partners to invest in open ecology and talent training.
Fang Fan, Senior Planner of Huawei Cloud EI
In order to be more committed to lowering the threshold of AI development, Huawei Cloud’s one-stop high-efficiency AI development platform ModelArts continues to upgrade and further upgrades its development capabilities: ModelArts CodeLab, which makes AI exploration and learning more efficient, through a large number of course cases in the AI ​​Gallery, which can be connected in seconds. Entry and practice; ModelArts IDE SDKs, cloud on and off, seamless collaboration, close to the usage habits of developers; ModelArts Studio, flexibly develop AI application workflow, accelerate model experiments and deployment iterations, and improve the overall efficiency of the AI ​​application process. In addition, in order to more conveniently implement AI applications, Huawei Cloud provides a unified framework for Runtime Framework on the cloud side, which can be developed once online, multiple reasoning, and real-time model updates and iterations.

In addition, in order to further reduce the difficulty of development for developers, HUAWEI CLOUD has built the AI ​​Gallery community, providing AI assets such as data sets, algorithms, pre-training models, workflows, models, papers, articles, courses, etc. related to many industries and fields. As with scenario cases, there are currently 2000+ AI assets, the most 6+ asset types in the industry. The newly released HUAWEI Cloud Pangu large model with hundreds of billions of parameters is also among them. It extracts and learns common knowledge for massive data, solves the problem of low-cost large-scale replication, and realizes “industrialized” development.

Classics will be passed on forever, and media AI will bring old movies to life

Zhou Suyue revealed that the black-and-white movie “Leifeng” adopts GPU parallel computing and AI iterative optimization and coloring. The self-learning iterative coloring process solves the two major problems of high computational complexity and difficult model building for black-and-white video coloring; further implementation of neural network automatic learning 1. The color timing consistency between frames, 2. The color space coordination within the frame, 3. The color semantic consistency of the object objects to achieve high-efficiency and high-quality AI coloring results. Zhou Suyue, Chief Expert of Malanshan Video Cultural and Creative Industrial Park Based on the HUAWEI cloud platform and media AI capabilities, Malanshan Video Cultural and Creative Park provides computing, storage, network, video media, AI, big data and other capabilities to meet the needs of cloud services in all aspects of video production, production, and distribution, greatly improving Improved the speed of video processing. The Malanshan Huawei Cloud Audio and Video Industry Innovation Center will combine 2021 industrial operations, joint innovation, industrial planning and ecological construction, from building an industrial park to building an industrial intelligent body, through the construction of the entire process of variety show production, the entire process of film production, and lightweight Four production lines for live broadcast and 3D music production lines, two platforms for video cultural and creative talent training and digital asset trading, as well as virtual production innovation, and the entire chain on the cloud, help Malanshan build a highly competitive China “V” valley.

Every second counts for the new crown epidemic, AI increases the efficiency of drug screening by ten times

The speech by Dr. Mingyue Zheng, a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, focused on the AI ​​large-scale virtual drug screening cloud service released by HUAWEI CLOUD EIHealth and the drug federation learning service based on HUAWEI CLOUD ModelArts. Dr. Mingyue Zheng, Researcher, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences Based on the HUAWEI CLOUD medical agent EIHealth, Researcher Zheng Mingyue and HUAWEI CLOUD team have carried out a number of AI drug research and development cooperation projects, such as the iPhord algorithm for predicting protein structure from the primary sequence for early research on drug targets, and the AI ​​prediction algorithm for drug relocation , Use the multi-omics automatic modeling tool AutoOmics to quickly discover biomarkers, use the personalized federated learning integration algorithm FedAMP to achieve efficient and safe integration of pharmaceutical enterprise data, and use Huawei Cloud’s automatic AI modeling tool for omics data to accurately predict drug attributes Wait. HUAWEI CLOUD EI Medical Intelligence (EIHealth) platform, based on the powerful AI capabilities of HUAWEI CLOUD AI Ascension Cluster Service and HUAWEI CLOUD ModelArts one-stop AI development and management platform, integrates many algorithms, tools, AI models and automated pipelines in the medical field . Through the medical agent platform, protein homology modeling, molecular dynamics simulation calculations, and large-scale virtual drug screening can be completed quickly, and tens of millions of simulation calculations can be completed in a short time, greatly shortening the screening time and improving drug screening More than 10 times the efficiency.

Intelligent algorithm empowers indoor air quality

Wu Ke, deputy dean of Daikin China Institute of Technology Development, explained how intelligent algorithms empower IAQ to monitor, predict, and control indoor air. Wu Ke, Vice President of Daikin China Institute of Technology Development After the new crown epidemic in 2020, people pay more attention to the indoor environment. Users gradually accept CO2 as an important indoor air (IAQ) indicator. The air retention of CO2 can cause discomfort to the human body and increase the possibility of spreading influenza. In addition, the country’s carbon is at its peak, the carbon neutrality policy is clearly directed, and the company’s energy saving requirements have become a must. IAQ is a highly professional field, and standards and testing methods need to be interpreted by professionals. In general commercial scenarios, there is a lack of professional personnel and effective data detection and control. In order to solve user pain points, Wu Ke led the team and Huawei Cloud EI team to dig deep into IAQ’s reserve technology, through big data and AI algorithms, to achieve air quality prediction, so as to accurately define the time point of the fresh air switch. In the air quality prediction project, the advantages of efficient integration and joint optimization of the HUAWEI CLOUD Pangu large model are used to improve the prediction accuracy and efficiency, and play an extremely important role in the prediction of intelligent control and air cleanliness indicators.

AI enables intelligent transformation of the financial industry

Zhang Song, Director of Huawei Cloud EI Product Solutions, mentioned that the key to the entire financial value chain is how to collect and transform physical world information, how to extract digital credit, and then evaluate financial assets based on digital credit. Four aspects are involved in this process:

1. Efficiency improvement: The difficulty lies in the huge amount of information collection, the difficulty in extracting unstructured data, and the many process breakpoints.

2. Risk control: Fraudulent transactions are grouped, the equity structure is nested, and the credit relationship is complicated.

3. Investing in research and improving efficiency: It involves many data sources, strong dependence on data service providers, and strong data interference signals.

4. Risk pricing: requires strong real-time calculations and high demand for combined pricing.

Zhang Song, Director of Huawei Cloud EI Product Solutions Based on customer demands, HUAWEI CLOUD proposed innovative solutions for the financial value chain: automated smart operation, smart risk control, and smart investment and research. First of all, the automated smart operation solution uses the capabilities of AI+RPA to create digital employees, perform repetitive tasks, and increase service efficiency by 20 times in financial marketing scenarios. Second, the smart risk control solution uses the Huawei Cloud GES graph computing engine and the RTD real-time decision engine to build relationships based on information such as capital flow, transfer records, accounts, corporate information, and industry information, and effectively improve risk control and marketing levels by mining relationships. Finally, the intelligent investment research solution based on the HUAWEI Cloud Pangu model integrates millions of financial news and Chinese and foreign stock data across the entire network, monitors hundreds of commodity prices, e-commerce commodity prices and sales, monitors various risk events, and uses nature. Language processing technology establishes a graph of the relationship between events and securities, and realizes event-driven risk prevention and control and investment opportunity mining.

How Huawei Cloud Pangu NLP Large Model Helps Companies Realize Revenue Growth

Dr. Yang Zhilin, co-founder of Recycle Intelligence, described the HUAWEI CLOUD Pangu NLP large model created in collaboration with HUAWEI CLOUD, which overcomes the problems of traditional large models in commercial implementation, and brings “improvement of employee execution ability in enterprise marketing and communication scenarios”. Solutions for three business scenarios, such as “target customer preference” and “compliance enhancement”, help companies to improve employee professional capabilities faster, find target customers faster, reduce compliance risks, and reshape customer experience And the steady growth of revenue. Dr. Yang Zhilin, Co-founder of Recycle Intelligence Among them, the “employee execution improvement” scenario solution uses the HUAWEI CLOUD Pangu NLP large model to digitally model the real sales communication process, open the black box of the communication process, and help managers to supervise the daily execution of sales staff, and make targeted guide. At the same time, it provides real-time assistance systems for front-line sales personnel to help them improve execution and productivity. The “target customer optimization” solution uses the HUAWEI CLOUD Pangu NLP large model to build an intention prediction model based on the communication dialogue data and the result of the order. Through the algorithm model, the high intention customers in the stock clues can be screened, or the customers who are more interested in a certain product can be screened Target customers, reduce the waste of energy on low-intention leads, and improve the efficiency of sales staff. The “Compliance Enhancement” solution leverages the paragraph-level semantic analysis capabilities of the HUAWEI CLOUD Pangu NLP model to help companies discover potential compliance risks in the communication between employees and customers, and greatly enhance business compliance.

Collaborative deployment of end-side cloud, accelerating the landing of industry AI applications

Finally, Xie Zhouyi, service director of HUAWEI CLOUD EI HiLens, explained how the AI ​​platform of HUAWEI CLOUD can solve this problem through the collaborative end-to-cloud solution. Xie Zhouyi, Director of Huawei Cloud EI Services In the process of AI applications being implemented in various industries, developers need to develop multiple sets of incompatible AI applications based on different platform development standards and interfaces, resulting in a long AI application development cycle and high costs. In addition, how to agile development and rapid deployment of AI applications has become an important problem to be solved in the AI ​​industry. Huawei Cloud’s HiLens platform is the industry’s first end-cloud collaborative AI application development and deployment platform. Based on the three capabilities of the management and operation platform HiLens Console, the development framework HiLens Framework, and the cloud development environment HiLens Studio, Huawei Cloud HiLens supports developers You can quickly develop your own skills without setting up the environment, and can simulate the effect of the algorithm online, and you can also use the rich AI skills preset on the platform. Through the unified development framework of HiLens end-side cloud, AI skills can be deployed to HiLens-supported end-side or edge devices for real-time reasoning. At the same time, it can also be combined with the capabilities of Huawei Cloud Cloud to easily integrate into third-party platform systems to form overall AI Business logic, build smart solutions in urban, financial, park, water, and industrial scenarios, and promote the rapid implementation of AI applications in various industries. Follow @Huaweiyun for more information

Source: Facebook

Facebook’s luxury goods team demonstrated how VR allows customers to participate in fashion shows, visit studios, or restored historical sites from the comfort of their homes, thereby redefining the way they visit. Last year, people in the fashion circle received Oculus headsets and used them to participate in the Fall/Winter 2021 Balenciaga fashion show in November 2020.

Violaine Gressier, Facebook’s global luxury goods industry manager, pointed out that this form allows customers to observe the people around them, learn their body language and clothes, and break the barriers between the digital and physical worlds.

Prada also provided a case of using VR. Prada produced a 3D video detailing the brand’s craft heritage. Through VR, they created a more immersive experience than simply watching the video.

Himel, vice president of Facebook Reality Labs, said: “VR is at an inflection point and it is becoming more and more social. Multiplayer games are booming, fitness is becoming a new vertical, and people are starting to imagine how VR can be used as a work device. Of course, all these activities mean that VR developers can make money. It is used to accelerate the collaboration of design teams, train surgeons, and the NFL or other athletes use it to prepare for the game. In the future, we believe that VR can fundamentally Change the way we work.”

In general, technology companies, including Facebook, are increasing investment in tools to help brands sell on their platforms and help customers make purchases on the platforms. AR is one of the areas explored by Facebook Reality Labs. It integrates the real and virtual worlds and promotes it to home decoration and clothing after the virtual try-on and immersive customization features are widely adopted by beauty and car brands.

Facebook’s Spark AR platform enables creators, brands, and developers to create AR effects in Facebook’s ecosystem (including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger). Himel said that about 600 million people are already using AR across devices.

Source: Facebook

The meeting also shared some “success stories” using VR/AR: Louis Vuitton cooperated with the popular e-sports League of Legends, and the event organized with the help of AR was a huge success: 6.1 million displays (AR Stories tried and viewed times ).

In order to attract a younger target group, Porsche France created a filter through which users can test drive the electric Porsche Taycan on the Le Mans circuit. In the end, this electric car won 2 million displays. Gruber of Porsche France said: “Obviously, it has brought growth to our customer data, and we can add new events to these customers.”

Morin Oluwole, Facebook’s director of luxury goods and global head, said: “VR and AR allow you to have a strong connection with consumers, even if there is no actual connection in reality. As a company, we are aware of the future potential of these technologies and Brands and creators are very excited about the way they use them. More broadly, we believe that creators provide a new opportunity for brands to collaborate and encourage you to think about how they will affect your path to innovation.”

Facebook Reality Labs’ mission is to build the next human-centric computing platform. It is developing a number of technologies along with VR and Spark AR-including a pair of smart glasses called Ray-Ban, which is co-produced with EssilorLuxottica. It will be launched later this year.

In terms of research, the team is exploring what wrist-based interaction might look like—thinking about new ways to interact with the technology we use. Everyone agrees that the next computing platform will be “a platform that integrates virtual and real environments in a seamless manner.”

These developments come at a time when people are paying more and more attention to the potential of this new technology and how to best protect people’s safety and privacy. Facebook Reality Labs has established a set of responsible innovation principles and stated that they are committed to building inclusive, privacy-centric products-one of which is to “provide control over important content.”

Take Facebook’s social experience Horizon as an example, where you can explore, play, and create in VR-it’s important to make people feel in control of their experience, so the team has built in some features so that people can stay away from the incident On-site, and mute and shield when needed, and report to the staff.

According to a report by the Global Times on June 14, South Korean media revealed that during the G7 summit, the agreement reached by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea and Japan on holding the summit meeting between the two countries was unilaterally cancelled by Japan. It is reported that the reason given by Japan is that it is very dissatisfied with South Korea’s “territorial protection exercise” in the Sea of ​​Japan.

As for this “territorial protection exercise”, it is actually a routine military exercise on the “Dokdo Defense” that South Korea regularly organizes in the first and second half of each year. It is precisely the territorial sovereignty dispute of Dokdo, which has been a stumbling block between Japan and South Korea for more than half a century since the end of World War II.

Dokdo is only the label and name of South Korea, but Japan calls it “Takeshima.” The island is located in the southwestern waters of the Sea of ​​Japan. It consists of two small islands and dozens of reefs. There are also vast waters around it. Dokdo is currently under the actual control of South Korea. South Korea has built military heliports and lighthouses on the two main islands, which has caused strong protests from Japan. Both Japan and South Korea believe that this island and the surrounding waters are theirs, and they have a lot of fun every year. The two sides also trigger various diplomatic crises of varying severity from time to time. This also makes Japan and South Korea a common ” Boss”-the United States feels extremely bad.

In order to facilitate Japan and South Korea to temporarily shelve the island dispute and work together to build a US-Japan-Korea military alliance similar to the “Little NATO in East Asia”, the United States has taken great pains. South Korea is not a member of the G7, but this time Moon Jae-in was strongly invited by Biden to attend the conference, just to take this opportunity to bring Japan and South Korea together to ease the conflict between the two countries. However, it now appears that Biden’s thoughts were completely in vain, and the two younger brothers of Japan and South Korea were having trouble at the G7 summit.

G7 was originally a grand event held by a small group of developed countries in the world. Despite the existence of the common topic of “how to deal with China” in the holding of this summit, the various contradictions among the member states have led to constant discord. For example, on the border disputes in Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom quarreled with France, one of the leaders of the European Union, and then extended to the fact that there were camp-style differences between the United States, Britain, Canada and Germany, France and Italy. It seems that this summit is not chaotic enough, and Japan and South Korea have “fired” each other again.

Back to the dispute between Japan and South Korea. Originally, this time South Korea was invited by the United States to participate in the G7 summit, and Japan was deeply uncomfortable, but it was inconvenient due to the love of the White House. After all, G7 is the club of the most developed countries in the world, while Japan considers itself to be the representative of developed countries in the Asian region, and is particularly unwilling to share this “honor” with its rival South Korea.

The dispute over Dokdo (Takedo) will not be repeated. On the issues left over from history, the contradiction between Japan and South Korea cannot be solved.

In modern times, Japanese fascists have brought serious national disasters to South Korea on the peninsula, causing the people of the peninsula and the entire East Asia to groan painfully under the iron heel of Japanese militarism. Although the cruelty of the Japanese army has become history, it is a painful memory that the people of South Korea and other victimized countries will never erase. For example, South Korea has never spared Japan on the issue of comfort women and workers’ compensation. The Japan-South Korea semiconductor “war” that began in the summer of 2019 originated from this, and the two countries had launched an extremely fierce sanctions war.

Both Japan and South Korea are export-oriented countries, and they overlap in many industries. Such as automobiles, semiconductors, construction machinery, cosmetics, etc., each year there is an extremely fierce battle for entering the Chinese and global markets, which further highlights the deep-rooted contradictions between Japan and South Korea.

This time, Japan and South Korea ignored the face of the United States and fell out over the island dispute. This not only deepened the estrangement between Japan and South Korea, but also frustrated the Biden administration’s efforts to bring the United States, Japan and South Korea together to form the “Triple Alliance”.

According to a report by the Global Times on June 14, South Korean media revealed that during the G7 summit, the agreement reached by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea and Japan on holding the summit meeting between the two countries was unilaterally cancelled by Japan. It is reported that the reason given by Japan is that it is very dissatisfied with South Korea’s “territorial protection exercise” in the Sea of ​​Japan.

As for this “territorial protection exercise”, it is actually a routine military exercise on the “Dokdo Defense” that South Korea regularly organizes in the first and second half of each year. It is precisely the territorial sovereignty dispute of Dokdo, which has been a stumbling block between Japan and South Korea for more than half a century since the end of World War II.

Dokdo is only the label and name of South Korea, but Japan calls it “Takeshima.” The island is located in the southwestern waters of the Sea of ​​Japan. It consists of two small islands and dozens of reefs. There are also vast waters around it. Dokdo is currently under the actual control of South Korea. South Korea has built military heliports and lighthouses on the two main islands, which has caused strong protests from Japan. Both Japan and South Korea believe that this island and the surrounding waters are theirs, and they have a lot of fun every year. The two sides also trigger various diplomatic crises of varying severity from time to time. This also makes Japan and South Korea a common ” Boss”-the United States feels extremely bad.

In order to facilitate Japan and South Korea to temporarily shelve the island dispute and work together to build a US-Japan-Korea military alliance similar to the “Little NATO in East Asia”, the United States has taken great pains. South Korea is not a member of the G7, but this time Moon Jae-in was strongly invited by Biden to attend the conference, just to take this opportunity to bring Japan and South Korea together to ease the conflict between the two countries. However, it now appears that Biden’s thoughts were completely in vain, and the two younger brothers of Japan and South Korea were having trouble at the G7 summit.

G7 was originally a grand event held by a small group of developed countries in the world. Despite the existence of the common topic of “how to deal with China” in the holding of this summit, the various contradictions among the member states have led to constant discord. For example, on the border disputes in Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom quarreled with France, one of the leaders of the European Union, and then extended to the fact that there were camp-style differences between the United States, Britain, Canada and Germany, France and Italy. It seems that this summit is not chaotic enough, and Japan and South Korea have “fired” each other again.

Back to the dispute between Japan and South Korea. Originally, this time South Korea was invited by the United States to participate in the G7 summit, and Japan was deeply uncomfortable, but it was inconvenient due to the love of the White House. After all, G7 is the club of the most developed countries in the world, while Japan considers itself to be the representative of developed countries in the Asian region, and is particularly unwilling to share this “honor” with its rival South Korea.

The dispute over Dokdo (Takedo) will not be repeated. On the issues left over from history, the contradiction between Japan and South Korea cannot be solved.

In modern times, Japanese fascists have brought serious national disasters to South Korea on the peninsula, causing the people of the peninsula and the entire East Asia to groan painfully under the iron heel of Japanese militarism. Although the cruelty of the Japanese army has become history, it is a painful memory that the people of South Korea and other victimized countries will never erase. For example, South Korea has never spared Japan on the issue of comfort women and workers’ compensation. The Japan-South Korea semiconductor “war” that began in the summer of 2019 originated from this, and the two countries had launched an extremely fierce sanctions war.

Both Japan and South Korea are export-oriented countries, and they overlap in many industries. Such as automobiles, semiconductors, construction machinery, cosmetics, etc., each year there is an extremely fierce battle for entering the Chinese and global markets, which further highlights the deep-rooted contradictions between Japan and South Korea.

This time, Japan and South Korea ignored the face of the United States and fell out over the island dispute. This not only deepened the estrangement between Japan and South Korea, but also frustrated the Biden administration’s efforts to bring the United States, Japan and South Korea together to form the “Triple Alliance”.

EU-US summit Brussels and Biden – the sticking points

Status: 15.06.2021 2:04 p.m. Subsidies, punitive tariffs or relations with Beijing – the European Union and the USA are still fighting over a whole range of explosive problems after the change of power in Washington. An overview. The United States and the European Union are clearly trying to improve their relations again after the Trump presidency. Disputes in economic and geopolitics have been simmering for years. The new US President Joe Biden is as tough on some issues as his predecessor Donald Trump. On other questions, however, he showed a willingness to compromise in advance. When he meets EU leader Ursula von der Leyen today, these issues will be the main focus:

Subsidy dispute over Airbus and Boeing

For 17 years, the EU and the US had been fighting because they accused each other of improperly subsidizing their aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing. Since Biden took office, there was a kind of armistice until July 11th. In the run-up to the summit, both sides had hoped to be able to resolve this dispute. In fact, the EU and US reached an agreement at today’s meeting. There is a breakthrough on the subject, said EU Commission President von der Leyen. This will open a new chapter in relationships – with cooperation instead of legal disputes. During Trump’s tenure, the United States had received permission from the World Trade Organization (WTO) to impose punitive tariffs of $ 7.5 billion on goods and services from the EU. Airbus aircraft were subject to a tax of 15 percent. A year later, Brussels also received WTO approval to impose punitive tariffs on US imports totaling four billion dollars.

October 18, 2019

Punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum

At the meeting between Biden and the EU leaders, the trade conflict over steel and aluminum will also come on the table. The commission hopes that the guest from Washington will agree to lift the punitive tariffs of 25 percent on European steel exports to the USA by December 1st. After Trump was voted out of office, Brussels decided not to raise its tariffs on whiskey, jeans or Harley-Davidson motorcycles as planned on June 1. Now it is up to the USA to turn words into deeds, says Deputy EU Commission President Valdis Dombrovskis. Trump had accused the EU of unfair trade practices and imposed punitive tariffs on imports in this area in June 2018. As a result, European steel exports to the USA rose by 25 percent and exports of aluminum by ten percent.

05.03.2021

Digital tax and data security

Brussels also sees a need for discussion regarding the taxation of digital content from US technology companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. The EU accuses companies of skilfully shifting their sales and profits to avoid tax payments in the EU. A Europe-wide tax for digital corporations has therefore been discussed in the EU for years. France and other EU countries have already introduced national digital taxes. In the meantime, both sides within the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have agreed to start negotiations on the taxation of digital content. Brussels and Washington are also looking for a new agreement to enable the exchange of personal data from the EU to the US. This is important for the business models of the US digital corporations. The European Court of Justice overturned the so-called Privacy Shield Agreement last year because it did not adequately protect European data from access by US authorities and secret services.

11/25/2020

Further consideration for Nord Stream 2?

The German-Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, which is supposed to double the capacity of Russian deliveries through the Baltic Sea, could also cause some tension at the meeting. She wasn’t just a thorn in Trump’s side. Biden also rejects the almost finished project – but obviously does not want to jeopardize the transatlantic partnership, which has just recovered. The US fear that Moscow has a means of political leverage in the pipeline. The planned start of Nord Stream 2 was delayed by US sanctions under Trump. In a gesture to Berlin at the end of May, Biden’s government decided not to impose sanctions on the operating company Nord Stream 2 AG and its German managing director. Washington wanted to create space for talks with the federal government.

analysis 05/20/2021

Relations with China

As far as relations with China are concerned, things seem to have calmed down a bit. The fact that the EU reached an investment protection agreement with Beijing without waiting for Biden’s inauguration to coordinate with the new US president was clearly disapproved in Washington. There one expects more support from the Europeans against the Chinese rival. The EU has since put the deal with China on hold and is unequivocally opposed to unfair trade practices and human rights abuses. After the EU imposed sanctions on the situation of the Muslim Uyghur minority in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, Beijing responded with sanctions against EU politicians and scientists. The European Parliament then refused to ratify the agreement. With information from Matthias Reiche, ARD-Studio Brussels

07/30/2020

Panoramic view of Villa La Grange from above. Villa La Grange built in the 18th century is no stranger to many historical events and famous characters. In 1864, it was the site of the closing gala dinner of the first Geneva Convention on assisting wounded soldiers on the battlefield, marking the introduction of humanitarian law. The event was attended by Henry Dunant, founder of the International Red Cross. More than a century later, in June 1969, Pope Paul VI himself celebrated Mass in front of a crowd of 70,000. It was the only space large enough in Geneva at the time to accommodate such a large crowd. La Grange Park, the largest park in the city, is a perfect setting for the villa and it is surrounded by many large trees to the south and offers completely unobstructed views. Over the past week, Villa La Grange has witnessed a lot of activities to prepare for the historic summit between the two leaders of Russia and the US on June 16. Preparations for the historic meeting in the lakeside villa are underway. Inside, the craftsmen repaired and gilded the items. The heavy lampstands have been cleaned, ready to welcome the two heads of state and the delegation. Outside, security measures are also implemented. A metal fence was built around the villa. At the entrance, two stone lions, the iconic “guardians” of this peak, are washed with a high-pressure cleaner. Villa La Grange is the place where the historic Russia-US summit took place. In the 1960s, businessman Jacques Franconis was the first to shape the original land of Villa La Grange. It was later acquired by banker Marc Lullin in 1706. It was the Lullin family who built the first villa on the property between 1768 and 1773 and built a French garden. Devastated by the French Revolution, Jean Lullin sold the entire place to a shipowner in the city, François Favre, who made a fortune trading with the East. The Favre family renovated the house and park, building a large library in 1821, which housed Guillaume Favre’s prestigious collection of some 15,000 works. In this vast library, there are two red chairs placed on either side of a globe, as if ready to welcome two presidents. Large library in Villa La Grange. In the spring, the Geneva city government organizes guided tours of the villa, allowing the public to explore the living rooms, bedrooms and library. It was Guillaume Favre’s grandson who had previously donated the villa and park to the city of Geneva in 1917. A year after his death, he left the library legacy to the city. In 1918, the park was opened to the public.

On June 13, the media reported an interesting moment at the recent G7 summit. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accidentally “attacked” on the beach while attending the summit. A seagull flew near the British Prime Minister Johnson, and then dropped the excrement accurately, which happened to fall on Johnson’s shoulder. Johnson panicked, and quickly looked down at his clothes. This detail was forwarded by the international media one after another, and the picture was full of sense. It became a big anecdote at the G7 summit.

After Johnson was hit by seagull guano, in order to make things more interesting, many foreign netizens used P-picture technology to put a lot of white guano on Prime Minister Johnson’s suit, plus his flowing hairstyle. People laugh and cry. Although the P pictures of foreign netizens are not true, they describe the matter very vividly. At the G7 summit, Johnson became the focus of media from all over the world. On the one hand, because the United Kingdom is the host, on the other hand, there were serious differences between the United Kingdom and the European Union over the trade issue of Northern Ireland.

Since the UK has initiated the Brexit procedure in the past few years, the UK and the EU have been negotiating for several years around the specific implementation of Brexit, and most of the controversial issues have been resolved. But on the issue of the Brexit trade agreement in Northern Ireland, serious differences have occurred between the UK and the EU. German Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron held one-on-one talks with Johnson in order to persuade Britain to agree to the EU’s plan, but the conversation between the two parties was not pleasant.

Merkel and Macron suggested that Johnson implement the relevant provisions on Northern Ireland in accordance with the provisions of the Brexit agreement. But Johnson insisted that these clauses violated British principles and harmed Britain’s economic interests. European Union countries such as Germany and France immediately proposed that if the United Kingdom refuses to implement the Brexit trade terms for Northern Ireland, the European Union will consider launching a trade war against the United Kingdom, imposing economic sanctions on London, and imposing high tariffs on British exports to the EU , And canceled part of the economic cooperation agreement reached between the EU and the UK last year.

The EU’s statement obviously has a somewhat threatening taste to the United Kingdom, which is unacceptable to President Johnson, who has always had a strong personality. He said that the EU must make concessions, otherwise, the UK will overturn important parts of the terms of the previous negotiations between the two parties and bring the entire Brexit agreement into a new deadlock. Johnson went to meet with Biden as soon as he had finished fighting with Merkel Macron. During the two talks, Johnson said that it was inappropriate for Britain to take an excessively burdensome approach to trade issues in Northern Ireland after Brexit.

At the same time, British Foreign Secretary Raab also stated that the EU should be more flexible and pragmatic when implementing the Brexit agreement. The implication is that the EU’s ideas are too subjective and have fallen outside the scope of feasible. Obviously, a big problem has arisen between the UK and the EU around the detailed rules of Brexit. If coupled with the previous disputes between Britain and France over island fishing rights, the French side threatened to cut off the electricity supply to the British islands and countered Britain’s deportation of French fishermen. Britain hopes to revitalize the British economy and reshape Britain’s status through Brexit. It now appears that Johnson was not only smashed by bird droppings, but also in great trouble.

What’s after these two great events? G7 leaders on their way to a party attended by Queen Elizabeth II on the afternoon of June 11. (Source: New York Times) Back to the top First, both show President Joe Biden’s effort to bring America “back”. A key message of the G7 Summit in Cornwall is “rebuilding the world for the better”. It’s not hard to see that this slogan was inspired by Joe Biden’s presidential campaign theme – “rebuilding America for the better”. But not only inspiring, Washington also plays a pioneering role in proposing and implementing initiatives at the G7 Summit. It is a commitment to contribute 500 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Pfizer/bioNTech without any strings attached, the promise of patent suspension with the Covid-19 vaccine to lead the world through the pandemic. . In addition, the G7’s criticism of China’s “human rights violations” in Xinjiang was proposed by President Joe Biden during the second discussion session on June 12. The assessment of Beijing as a “rival” or a “systemic challenge” has appeared many times in Washington’s foreign policy documents over the past time. Allegations of trade fraud and China’s role in the Covid-19 pandemic have also been frequently mentioned under the administration of President Joe Biden. Similar is the story with Russia. Building a “stable and predictable” relationship with Russia is what Joe Biden mentioned in the article above. The Washington Post June 5, before the trip to Europe. The G7 urges Russia to verify, prevent and handle individuals and organizations conducting cyberattacks can be seen as a US call to find the perpetrators behind the cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline oil pipeline. country in early May. The content on efforts to combat climate change, promote gender equality and human rights also reflects the more comprehensive interest of the US under Joe Biden than his predecessor. Therefore, the appearance of these contents in the joint statement of G7 and NATO can be considered as a clear proof of the return of the US in the international arena. US President Joe Biden at a press conference after the G7 Summit in Cornwall, England on June 13. (Source: AP) More importantly, Washington is well aware of the importance of multilateralism in realizing its vision in an increasingly volatile world. Joe Biden’s approach is clearly different from his predecessor Donald Trump when he actively builds relationships with partners and allies from Asia to Europe, taking advantage of the network of relationships to implement policy. . Not so, the leaders of these countries are full of praise for the White House boss. The host country’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Biden “a breath of fresh air”, German Chancellor Angela Merkel saw him as the embodiment of multilateralism, and French President Emmanuel Macron chatted on the shores of the Gulf of Carbis. with his American counterpart in English, repeatedly emphasizing “America is back!”. On the sidelines of the NATO Summit, despite the divergent stance on Turkey’s purchase of the S-400 missile system and the US recognition of the so-called “Armenian genocide”, President Tayyip Erdogan still evaluated the meeting with his counterpart. US level Joe Biden is “sincere and effective”. “There is no problem that cannot be solved in Turkish-American relations,” he stressed. Russia-China shadow Another highlight of this year’s G7 and NATO summits lies in the dense presence of Russia and China in discussions and joint statements, although these two countries are not represented. There is much talk in the international media about China being seen by NATO as a “systemic challenge”. G7 leaders also expressed concern about Beijing’s trade policies, the situation in the East Sea, East China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, even the “Green Network” infrastructure plan worth 40,000 billion VND. USD to counterbalance China’s Belt and Road Initiative. However, both NATO and the G7 are optimistic about the prospect of cooperation with China in areas of mutual interest such as combating climate change and improving biodiversity. Words about Beijing’s behavior are also used with caution, avoiding excessive provocation. More importantly, Russia, not China, is the country most mentioned in the final text. “China” appears 4 and 10 times in the two joint statements of G7 and NATO, respectively, while this number of “Russia” is 7 and 61 times, respectively. The wording used to refer to Russia is also much harsher than that of China. The G7 demanded that Moscow stop its “sabotage and destabilization… interference in the democratic process” or cyberattacks, and promote the peace process in Eastern Ukraine as a party to the conflict. Meanwhile, NATO’s joint statement on June 14 went further, accusing Russia of “destructive and illegal” acts in the territory of member states, making statements about weapons. nuclear “aggressively and irresponsibly” or “fuel the fire” in the East Ukraine conflict. The highlight of the NATO Summit also lies in the dense presence of Russia and China in discussions and joint statements. (Source: Wikipedia) The divisions The final highlight is the deepening division between the UK and the European Union (EU). During the G7 discussion session on June 12, the differences between the UK and Europe on how to approach China were more or less revealed. Accordingly, President Joe Biden called on the bloc to criticize and respond to China’s policies in Xinjiang. While British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron responded to this proposal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and EU leaders emphasized the prospect of cooperation in a number of fields with China. Disagreements between the parties were so sensitive that the Internet connection to the meeting room was cut off to secure information. Differences in interests between the UK and Europe once again “exploded” during the meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his German counterpart Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. The Elysee power owner angered the host leader by declaring Northern Ireland is not part of Britain and that Franco-British relations will only “reboot” if the British approve the EU request. Chancellor Angela Merkel did not even react to Mr Johnson’s elbow salute. Russia, not China, is the country most mentioned in the final text. “China” appears 4 and 10 times in the two joint statements of G& and NATO, respectively, while this number of “Russia” is 7 and 61 times, respectively. European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed that the EU had “absolutely agreed” on Brexit and that the parties needed to abide by what was agreed. At the moment, there is no sign that the UK-EU split will be resolved anytime soon. Finally, it can be seen that the G7 Summit and NATO Summit have shown clear views on a number of hot issues such as relations with Russia and China, finding solutions for global economic growth and challenges. non-traditional security with ambitious commitments. However, how to implement these commitments, how to realize the vision of “rebuilding the world for the better”, will not be an easy task for G7 members and NATO.

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: RT President Joe Biden arrived in the UK on Wednesday, June 9, ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday and the start of the G7 summit on Friday. His schedule in the coming days is quite busy. From the G7 in Cornwall (UK), Mr. Biden will travel to Brussels (Belgium) to attend the NATO summit, then to Switzerland to meet his Russian counterpart on June 16. Speaking Wednesday to US forces in Suffolk (UK), Mr Biden strongly announced he would meet with President Putin to “tell him what I want him to know”. Mr Biden’s tough statement received a standing ovation from the troops attending the event, and was described by many commentators as a “warning”. Mr Biden later said he wanted a “stable, predictable” relationship with Russia, built on the “responsibility” shouldered by both powers. “But I have made it clear that the United States will respond strongly if the Russian government engages in harmful activities,” Biden added. “I will inform him that if Russia violates the sovereignty of democracies, in America, Europe and elsewhere, they will have to bear the consequences.” Nearly three years after American commentators criticized former President Donald Trump for being too soft on Putin during a meeting in Helsinki (Finland), lawmakers from both parties expect Biden to take a tough stance. stronger in the next meeting. Biden has previously declared that Putin is a “murderer” and promised during the campaign that he would make Putin “pay” for alleged election interference. Meanwhile, Mr Putin described Mr Biden as “an experienced and careful man” who has devoted his life to politics. The Russian President hopes that these qualities of his American counterpart will have a positive impact on the upcoming negotiations. But Putin also said that Moscow “does not expect any breakthrough in Russian-American relations”. Although Biden’s allies often portray the president as being tough on Putin, in reality, Biden still gave his Russian counterpart a huge opportunity after taking office, by wading orders. sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, facilitating the completion of the project connecting Russian natural gas fields with European consumers. Former President Donald Trump, despite his “soft” accusations against Russia, has stalled the project for more than a year with sanctions.

“I have a strategy and I will publish it.” Biden said when asked about the vaccine strategy for the world before boarding Air Force One to fly to the UK for the G-7 summit. The US will donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to the world. (Photo: CNN) Sheet The Times said Mr Biden would appear alongside Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to make the announcement. According to the AP , of these 500 million doses, 200 million doses will be shared this year. The rest will be donated in early 2022. Washington Post was the first newspaper to publish this information. Many newspapers later cited sources confirming the above information. The US is facing increasing pressure to draw up a plan to share vaccines with the world as its vaccine campaign is inching towards the finish line. Last week, the White House announced plans to allocate the first 25 million doses of the vaccine, with 19 million going to COVAX and 6 million to current COVID-19 hotspots including India. These vaccines are among the 80 million doses of vaccines the US has pledged to share with the world this month.

ASI can think, learn, judge, and act holistically, autonomously by learning large-scale data based on computing infrastructure capable of high-volume computation. AI can be classified based on its intelligence level, including 3 types: Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) ) and Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI). With the exception of ANI which is popular now, AGI and ASI are both superior AIs and currently in research stage. One of the important steps forward is when AI reaches ASI level, making it possible to create new algorithms for extremely fast computing. It can aggregate from big data sources, making ASI quickly surpass humans to reach supernatural levels. Up to now, there have been leading giants in the world that are investing heavily in AI technology in general and ASI in particular, such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft… Illustration of super artificial intelligence ASI Accordingly, Google acquired the AI ​​startup DeepMind to become Google DeepMind and implemented an AI project for the London subway system (UK). Google also put its free TensorFlow machine learning system to work using voice recognition, image recognition, translation technology, and mimicking the workings of the human brain. Facebook also uses AI technology to help visually impaired people “see” photos through an iOS app, creating detailed maps of the population, global Internet users, and studying user behavior; facial recognition of people in photos posted on social networks… IBM’s famous Watson computer is capable of answering questions in natural language, using AI to analyze the context and meaning behind photos, videos, messages and dialogue. IBM is working on upgrading Watson to 1.7 times stronger and the application for the lesson machine based on the provided material. The AI ​​Research Institute of LG Group recently announced in an online chat that it will invest more than 100 million USD over the next 3 years to develop a mainframe infrastructure that can handle a large amount of data. large data quickly. Specifically, the aforementioned AI institute plans to build a global Top 3 AI computing infrastructure that can process calculations 95.7 million billion times per second. In the second half of 2021, LG will announce an ASI called GPT-3 with 600 billion parameters. GPT-3 can communicate as naturally as humans and write essays and novels. LG’s AI Research Institute is planning to develop super-large ASI with trillions of parameters in the first half of 2022. According to market research site ResearchAndMarkets.com, AI is now appearing in many areas, from data management to retail shopping. In the long term, the solutions involve many types of AI and ASI as well as integration across other areas such as Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics. Worried about ASI losing control According to researchers, along with great human achievements in AI technology to help shape the world in a better way, AI also brings growing concern that at some point, machines will machines will control humans, making humans dependent on the decisions of machines when they reach AGI and ASI levels. Physicist Stephen Hawking in 2017 hypothesized just before his death: “Unless we learn to prepare for and avoid potential risks, AI could be the worst event in the world. history of our civilization. It brings dangers, like powerful autonomous weapons or new ways for the few to dominate the majority. It could bring major disruption to our economy.” Although the physicist Hawking did not specify when the AI ​​could pose such a hazard, it will almost certainly happen after the point when it reaches the level of ASI. Some people believe that ASI may appear at some point in the not-too-distant future and could lead to disaster for humanity, possibly even extinction. The concept of intelligent machines taking over the world, or variations thereof, has made its way to the silver screen many times through blockbusters such as The Terminator or The Matrix, both of which envision an apocalyptic scenario. caused by machines that surpass human intelligence. Physicist Hawking isn’t the only influential person to warn of AI being a global catastrophe. Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk has predicted similarly dire consequences, arguing that AI is potentially more dangerous than nuclear warheads, and has frequently called for more regulatory oversight of development. development of AI. Oxford University professor Nick Bostrom, author of Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (ASI: Paths, Dangers, Strategies) discusses the multitude of situations where machine superiority could threaten humanity. . The book focuses on the period when AI achieved an intellectual explosion. Professor Bostrom also claims that a badly designed ASI system is hard to fix. “Once the unfriendly ASI machine exists, it prevents humans from replacing or changing its preferences and it determines our fate,” Professor Bostrom said. However, not all forecasts are pessimistic. Some would like to emphasize at this stage, there is no evidence that robots using ASI are about to wipe out humanity. The AI ​​research department of Stanford University, USA said that the scary visions according to which AI will dominate humanity in the future only appear from movies and novels, as well as in imagination. In fact, AI has been changing our daily lives, almost entirely in ways that improve human health, safety, and productivity… And importantly, humans know how to prevent it. the ability to abuse AI technology for malicious purposes. Beneficial AI applications in schools, homes, and hospitals are growing at a rapid pace. Therefore, at this stage, we must believe that, in the future, when AI develops into ASI, it is also intended to serve human civilization.

Biden seeks to play the leading role of the United States in global climate negotiations. He promised at the summit on Thursday that he would substantially reduce US carbon emissions. Other world leaders promised to take action. The meeting called on rich countries to take on more responsibilities.

In the opening speech of the summit, Biden said: “No country can solve the climate crisis on its own.” “All countries, especially the world’s largest economies, must take responsibility.”

This week’s climate summit aims to promote global emission reduction actions to fulfill the “Paris Climate Agreement”, which requires countries to make new commitments to strengthen emission reduction measures every five years. The Paris Agreement is not a legally binding enforcement mechanism, but mainly relies on pressure from the international community to persuade countries to implement substantial emissions reductions.

Scientists and environmental activists said that if major carbon emitters do not take major actions within ten years, the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrialization will not be achieved. According to the United Nations, if the temperature rise exceeds this value, it may cause a variety of risks. For example, it may cause damage to some ecosystems or cause sea level to rise, which will inundate some large cities.

Biden announced a new goal at this summit, hoping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to 52% by 2030 compared with 2005. When formulating such climate targets, 2005 is often used as the base year for greenhouse gas emissions.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental Protection Agency) data, in 2019, US carbon emissions were reduced by about 13% compared to 2005, and carbon emissions in 2020 are expected to be reduced by 21% compared to 2005, which is partly benefited from The economic slowdown caused by the new crown epidemic, but as the economy recovers, this year’s carbon emissions in the United States may rise again.

Major companies such as Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Wal-Mart have all expressed support for Biden’s carbon emissions targets, but some Republican members of the U.S. Congress and energy industry professionals who criticized this stated that Biden’s plan may increase energy prices and harm the U.S. economy. .

Mike Sommers, the leader of the American Petroleum Institute (API), the largest oil and gas industry association in the United States, said: “The plan they propose today addresses the risks of climate change, but does not address the key challenge of lack of affordable and reliable energy. .”

U.S. government officials said there are multiple ways to achieve climate goals, combining federal policies with actions by states, businesses, and other local organizations. Biden has proposed a $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, which includes many reduction measures, such as a proposed standard that requires the United States to use low-carbon energy to generate electricity.

The United States submitted a 24-page climate plan to the United Nations on Thursday, including a wide range of major options to achieve the aforementioned goals. Officials said that a federal climate task force set up by Biden will release a more detailed plan later this year. The United Nations is scheduled to hold final negotiations in Glasgow in November to raise national climate goals. Critics call for more active implementation of any new emissions agreements, which may be one of the main content of negotiations in the coming months. Kerry said that emerging technologies such as satellites and artificial intelligence can now make it easier to track and verify emissions, and the United States will consider deploying these technologies.

Russian President Vladimir V. Putin only made vague promises. He said that by 2050, Russia’s carbon emissions would be significantly reduced. At the same time, Putin emphasized a carbon pricing pilot project, saying that the project will enable Sakha in 2050. The forest area has achieved carbon neutrality, but Putin did not mention the construction of the Nord Stream 2 (Nord Stream 2). North Stream 2 is a large natural gas pipeline that has been opposed by climate advocates and US national security advisers.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the establishment of a new partnership with the United States to expand the use of renewable energy.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that Canada is committed to reducing carbon emissions by 40% to 45% below 2005 levels by the end of this decade.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that Britain is enacting legislation to strive to reduce emissions by 78% from 1990 levels by 2035. The UK announced this new goal earlier this week, which is a step further from the previous goal of reducing emissions by 68% by 2030.

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said that by 2020, Japan will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 46% on the basis of 2013, which is an important manifestation of Japan’s solidarity with the United States.

The European Union this week approved a trillion-dollar plan to promote the 27-nation group to achieve carbon neutrality and improve overall ecological performance by 2050.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, raising the goal of achieving carbon neutrality until 2060, and pledged to end illegal deforestation by 2030. In his speech at the summit, Bolsonaro called on rich countries and carbon markets to provide funding for such environmental protection measures.

“The environmental services provided by our biome to the entire planet must be paid fairly in order to recognize the economic nature of environmental conservation activities,” Bolsonaro said. “We are ready to start international cooperation at any time and continue to cooperate with an open attitude. .”

Brazil has asked the Biden government to provide $1 billion to help reduce deforestation by 40%. Indian officials have also emphasized to John Forbes Kerry, the US President’s special envoy for climate change, that the United States and other industrialized nations need to fulfill their pledges to provide up to $100 billion a year to support similar efforts.

In 2019, a logging company in the state of Para, Brazil stocked logs, and Brazilian President Bolsonaro promised to end illegal logging in Brazil by 2030

Marshall Islands President David Kabua, who is facing the threat of rising sea levels, also called on advanced economies to help.

He said: “Countries that are vulnerable to climate change often hear excuses that national emission reduction costs are too high, but political signals, especially those from major economies, affect investment and innovation decisions in low-carbon projects.” He said: “Now is the time to make the signal clear.”

The United States is working with Norway and the United Kingdom to protect tropical forests

In addition, the United Kingdom, Norway and the United States said on Thursday that they will join forces with some of the world’s large companies to raise more than $1 billion in funds for countries that can prove to reduce carbon emissions by protecting forests.

Companies such as Amazon, Nestlé, Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline and Salesforce have pledged to fund this new initiative called the “LEAF Coalition.”

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On April 19th, Yan Xiaoshen, Secretary of the Party Committee of the China Building Materials Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Federation) met with the visiting executive vice chairman unit Wang Cheng, the party secretary and chairman of Anhui Conch Group, and the former party secretary and chairman Gao Dengbang and his party , The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on relevant special projects on the basis of the previous period of cooperation.

Yan Xiaofeng welcomed the new team of Conch Group to visit the federation after the formation, and expressed gratitude to Conch Group for its long-term support to the federation. He pointed out that during the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, Conch Group was among the top 500 companies in the world under the leadership of Gaodeng. It has delivered outstanding results in terms of economic efficiency, technological innovation, and social responsibility, and achieved leapfrog development. I believe that Wang Cheng will bring new breakthroughs and new developments to Conch Group in the future. After introducing the historical evolution of the federation, he said that since this year the federation has actively promoted the implementation of the important decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, in accordance with the work requirements of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other higher-level government departments and the spirit of the Council’s general meeting. To implement the new development goals of the building materials industry of “being suitable for business and good for mankind” and the task of “13 comprehensive upgrades”.

Yan Xiaofeng emphasized that achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality is not only an extensive and profound economic and social systemic change, but also a profound impact on the future development of the building materials industry. We must attach great importance to this. In order to implement in a timely manner General Secretary Jin Ping’s instructions on China’s carbon peaking and carbon neutrality work, in January this year, the Federation took the lead in issuing the “Proposal for Promoting Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality in the Building Materials Industry” to the entire industry, advocating The industry has comprehensively improved the level of green and low-carbon development, promoted carbon reduction in an orderly and effective manner, and achieved carbon peaks ahead of schedule. It clearly stated that “China’s building materials industry should fully achieve carbon peaks by 2025, and key industries such as cement should be achieved by 2023 Take the lead in achieving carbon peaks”; in March this year, the “China Building Materials Industry Carbon Emission Report (2020)” and the “Building Materials Industry Carbon Emission Accounting Method” were released, the first in China’s industrial sector to achieve carbon emissions ahead of schedule. Peak initiated and released a carbon emission report, and the industry responded positively and enthusiastically, which also attracted great attention from relevant government departments and all walks of life.

Yan Xiaofeng pointed out that Conch Group is the executive vice chairman unit of the federation. As a benchmark enterprise in the building materials industry in China, it must work together with the federation on the basis of improving the quality of development and take carbon emission reduction and carbon neutrality work as the starting point. Continue to strengthen investment in scientific research and innovation, and promote the research and development of new cementitious materials, new cement calcination processes, raw materials and fossil energy substitution, carbon dioxide capture and conversion, and smart mines, innovative mining methods, and improvement of construction methods for building materials companies. Research and application to better play the leading and leading role of Conch Group in the industry. The federation will continue to support Conch Group’s innovative development, high-quality development and corporate brand, product brand, entrepreneur brand promotion, jointly promote the Chinese brand of building materials to the world, and enhance the international influence of China’s building materials industry and enterprises.

Wang Cheng and Gao Dengbang respectively expressed their gratitude to the Federation for its long-term care and support for Conch Group, especially since the general meeting of the Council of the Federation, the leaders of the Federation and Conch Group have focused on issues such as the construction materials industry and the innovative development of Conch Group. We have communicated many times and put forward many constructive, forward-looking and pertinent opinions. Conch Group has made arrangements for related work in accordance with its own actual conditions, and is actively studying and promoting implementation. Over the years, Conch Group has attached great importance to innovative research and development. Recently, the projects of “R&D and application of key technologies for intelligent manufacturing in the whole process of cement production” and “R&D and engineering application of key technologies for carbon capture and purification of cement kiln flue gas” have been awarded by Anhui Province The first prize for scientific and technological progress was approved to establish the Anhui Technology Innovation Center for Green Building Materials and High-end Manufacturing. In the future, Conch Group will further play the role of the technological innovation system and platform, focusing on “high-end technology, intelligent factory, information management, and green industry”, and “science and innovation + industry” as the starting point to make “green” become The bright background of Conch’s high-quality development. Conch Group will actively respond to the initiative of the Federation to fully realize the carbon peak in the building materials industry in advance, and focus on the implementation work. It hopes to further strengthen the exchange and interaction with the Federation in terms of macro policies, resource integration, innovative services, and topics. Research and R&D test bases, especially in terms of carbon emission reduction and carbon neutrality, are actively cooperating, and hope to continue to receive more support and help from the Federation in many aspects such as technology, talents, projects, and publicity services, and jointly create industry-university-research projects. Demonstration platform and base.

Chen Guoqing, Deputy Secretary and Vice President of the China Building Materials Federation, Zhang Dongzhuang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President, He Jun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Secretary General, Wang Jianchao, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Anhui Conch Group Co., Ltd., Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd. Li Qunfeng, member of the company’s party committee and deputy general manager, attended the forum. (Jianlian)

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In the digital transformation of global industries, the Internet of Things, as one of the important frontier high-tech fields, is an indispensable part of it. Especially when the application of the Internet of Things technology becomes more and more popular, the future development of different industries is closely related to the Internet of Things.

As a rare exhibition platform for the entire industry chain in the Internet of Things industry, IOTE 2021 International Internet of Things Exhibition·Shanghai not only unveiled the latest Internet of Things technology products and solutions in 2021, but also brought 9 major industry summits in different fields. The big names gathered together to discuss the future development of the Internet of Things industry and its value for the transformation and upgrading of other industries.

Hundreds of well-known companies gathered in one hall, and Four-Phase Technology was pleased to raise double awards

On April 20th, the 2021 China Internet of Things CEO Conference and “IoT Star” awards ceremony with the theme of “Digital Evolution and Intelligent Upgrade” was grandly held at the Shanghai Sheraton Youyou Hotel, opening the IOTE 2021 International Internet of Things Exhibition· The curtain of Shanghai Railway Station.

The “Star of the Internet of Things” selection event, which started in 2008, has the reputation of the Oscar in the Internet of Things industry and is an extremely influential industry event for the entire industry chain in the industry. At this awards ceremony, award-winning companies from all over the country gathered together for the grand event! As a leader in the field of location Internet of Things, Sixiang Technology stood out from hundreds of participating companies and won the 2020 “Most Influential Internet of Things Positioning Enterprise” and “Best Intelligent Industrial Application Solution” two awards.

“Star of Things” trophy and certificate won by Sixiang

“Digital Manufacturing Intelligent Transformation”

On April 22, the organizer held the IOTE·2021 Shanghai International Industrial Internet of Things Application Summit Forum with the theme of “Digital Manufacturing Intelligent Transformation”, and invited industry representatives including Sixiang Technology to participate in the discussion and share the industrial Internet of Things. Hot technologies and application cases in the field, while discussing the difficulties and countermeasures in the process of industrial IoT application deployment from multiple dimensions.

According to various data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2020, my country is an industrial country with the most complete industrial chain in the world, and the Industrial Internet of Things therefore has a huge market audience. However, in the face of the immense industrial Internet of Things wave, most companies still have doubts. On the one hand, they were inspired by the industry’s leading benchmark cases and planned to enter the game. On the other hand, they ran aground their plans due to factors such as insufficient willingness, weak foundation, insufficient funds, and unclear paths. Therefore, this summit aims to “combine the real pain points of industrial enterprises at this stage and vigorously promote the application of industrial Internet of Things in the industry”.

As the proponent and advocate of the concept of “Location Internet of Things”, Sixiang Technology was invited to participate in this summit. Vice President Wu Qian delivered a keynote speech on “Industrial Location Internet of Things, Helping’Smart Manufacturing’ to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency”, and A series of four-phase application cases in the field of intelligent manufacturing were shown to the guests.

Below, is the wonderful content sharing of this speech.

1. Overview of Location Internet of Things

   

   The so-called “location of Internet of Things” simply means “in the existing Internet of Things ecosystem, the acquisition and use of location information has been added.” Taking life scenarios as an example, “using the location information of people and cars to achieve scientific scheduling and management of online car-hailing” is the application of location-based Internet of Things technology.

   

   At this stage, the technology of location Internet of Things application mainly includes indoor positioning and outdoor positioning. Among them, after 20 to 30 years of development, outdoor positioning technology can achieve meter-level accuracy at this stage, while indoor positioning technology uses various wireless communication technologies to achieve decimeter-level positioning accuracy.

2. Application of Location Internet of Things

   

   At present, most manufacturing enterprises in my country are labor-intensive and suffer from low efficiency and high cost. An important entry point for enterprises to realize the transformation of intelligent manufacturing is to solve the problem of inefficient human, material and goods circulation. The use of positioning technology to obtain the real-time location of operators, tools, and goods, and to directly associate location data with business processes, to solve multiple problems faced by manufacturing companies from a technical perspective is that the location of Internet of Things helps manufacturing companies achieve intelligence. An important way to upgrade manufacturing and reduce costs and increase efficiency.

   

   Wu Qian said, “The Internet of Everything is an unstoppable development trend. The Internet of Things is a comprehensive technical product integrating new technologies such as big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, 5G, and artificial intelligence. The biggest difficulty is not business logic and The discovery and invention of technology lies in the landing scene and application space of the technology. In the complex industrial production environment, the traditional low-precision positioning technology is not competent. The centimeter-level ultra-high-precision positioning technology owned by Sixiang Technology can reach an accuracy of 10cm. Not only can it easily adapt to more than 99% of the industrial production environment, but also has strong anti-interference ability.”

   

   Facing manufacturing customers with transformation needs, Sixiang uses a self-developed 3D editor to standardize 70% of commonly used models in industrial scenes, reduce modeling costs by more than 50%, and successfully realize the visualization of production scenes in the virtual digital space. At the same time, the algorithm engine abstracts the basic functions that solve the pain points of the manufacturing industry, forming standard algorithm modules such as automatic order dispatch, situation research and judgment, event warning, and personnel tool efficiency analysis, which successfully increased the efficiency of custom development by 90%. Combine these algorithm modules with the business process of the factory to realize the automation of scheduling, analysis, and decision-making, and create a customized location IoT platform for different industries.

   Using this program, Sixiang has successfully created a series of benchmark cases in the automobile manufacturing, textile printing and dyeing industry, electronic manufacturing industry and other industries, and has won unanimous praise from customers.

   

   Centimeter-level high-precision positioning helps multi-industry intelligent upgrade

   Of course, four-phase technology location IoT solutions are not limited to applications in the manufacturing sector. Relying on the self-developed UWB and Bluetooth multi-mode fusion high-precision positioning system, Four-Phase has expanded its application to three major sectors: industrial security, public security, judicial, and smart cities, helping different industries achieve digital and intelligent upgrades.

   At the same time, through the customer service strategy of “multi-location, multiple centers radiating to the periphery”, Sixiang successfully landed in the four major industrial clusters in the country from Chengdu to Chongqing to the Yangtze River Delta, and then to the Guangdong-Hong Kong Bay and West Coast Economic Zones.

   Up to now, Sixiang has developed more than 30 ecological partners, cooperated with more than 1,000 customers, and delivered and completed 1500+ typical cases of industry applications.

   Industrial Security: Use the location to improve the security system in high-risk scenarios

   

   A case of a large-scale power plant 3D visualization platform of Smart Power

   *This project won the 2020 “Best Intelligent Industrial Application Solution” award from the Internet of Things Star

   Taking smart power as an example, Four-phase is designed with positioning technology as the core, and uses network systems and three-dimensional systems to comprehensively implement visual management, personnel positioning, vehicle positioning, hidden danger investigation, inspection management, and danger monitoring in industrial production. Integration and integration, to achieve cross-system data communication and linkage response, to achieve convenient management, intuitive data, system security, etc., and help heavy and high-risk industrial enterprises to improve the production control system.

   Department of Public Security, Public Prosecution and Law: Use location to boost the development of intelligent politics and law

   

   Application case of a case handling center of smart law enforcement

   Taking the case handling center as an example, Four Phases adopts industry-leading indoor positioning technology, audio and video processing technology, and efficient and reliable application system architecture to achieve unified management of the entire process of law enforcement case handling areas, unified video scheduling, and integrated business management applications (in-area registration, Personal safety inspections, temporary storage of belongings, information collection, inquiry management, and registration of items involved), comprehensively improve the standard management level of the case-handling area, fully realize efficient, standardized and standardized smart law enforcement, and increase the credibility of law enforcement.

   Smart City: Use location to empower advanced forms of urban informatization

   

   Smart Elderly Care Case-Macau Neighbourhood Association Yijun Center Project Case

   *The bracelet shown in the picture is produced by EHIGH, a positioning brand under Four Phase

   Taking smart elderly care as an example, Sixiang assists nursing homes to obtain real-time location information of the elderly based on high-precision positioning technology. In the case of limited medical staff, wearable smart positioning terminals are used to achieve all-round, all-weather safety and health management for the elderly, effectively reducing the pressure on medical care, helping the social pension system to be more complete, and alleviating the pressure on the elderly caused by the intensified aging of the population.

   In the future, in the face of the next innovation of the Internet of Things, Sixiang Technology will focus on the industry in the application scenarios for deep cultivation, so that location information can be further integrated with the business and bring value while solving user pain points. Faced with the ever-increasing waves of industry changes, Sixiang will also take a more proactive attitude to dig deeper into the pain points of the industry, continuously improve the existing technical solutions according to the needs of industry transformation, and use location information to empower industry upgrades!

President Joe Biden. Photo: AP Along with the participation of the US, the leaders of the countries have promoted a new commitment to reduce harmful fossil fuel pollution on the first day of the summit organized by the US. However, observers hope video conferencing between senior leaders of countries will look towards new action to deal with climate pollution and as money for the UN meeting in November in Glasgow. . The world will face “dangerous moments” but also “opportunities”, President Biden declared during the online summit to have the participation of 40 world leaders. “The signals are unmistakable. The science is undeniable. The cost of delay continues to rise,” said President Biden. Before the summit, the pledge of President Biden once spoke out to cut 52% of US fossil fuel emissions by 2030. This comes 4 years after the US withdraws from the climate change agreement. The Biden administration this week is outlining a new vision for a prosperous, clean energy America. At that time, factories will focus on the production of advanced batteries and electric cars. At the conference, Japan announced its goal of cutting emissions by 46% and South Korea said it would stop giving public funding to new coal-fired power plants. This is considered an important turning point to persuade China and other countries to limit dependence on coal fuel. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would increase fossil fuel pollution cuts from 30% to at least 40%. In a report by insurance firm Swiss Re (Switzerland), climate change could cause up to $ 23,000 billion in damage to the agriculture, health and physical infrastructure sectors, as well as to government spending direction. Joining hands to deal with climate change The complicated developments of the epidemic make the climate change summit to be held in an online format. However, the participation of the leaders of the countries shows the joint efforts to deal with the climate change challenges taking place around the world. Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his determination to cooperate with the US in promoting efforts to cut emissions. “Protecting the environment is about protecting productivity. Promoting a healthy environment is about promoting labor productivity”, President Xi Jinping emphasized. Russian President Vladimir Putin also offers opinions and pushes on efforts to cope with climate change. “Russia is really interested in increasing international cooperation in search of effective solutions to climate change and all other important challenges. Russia is currently the fourth country in number. Large fossil fuel smoke emissions are harmful to the climate. Observers say that efforts to cope with climate change are the driving force for leaders of all countries to push disputes and tensions aside for a good and healthy world. Fossil fuel emissions on earth increase rapidly, according to analysts. The Biden administration’s commitment will require a major effort to address current climate change issues. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is one of several allies that support a return to the United States in response to current climate change. “I am delighted to see that the United States has returned to working with us in climate politics. Because of America’s involvement and we need you to join hands in accomplishing our great goal,” Chancellor Merkel spoke out in her speech at the online summit. Pope Pop Francis is also strong: “I wish you [nước Mỹ] succeed in this great decision to meet, step forward and accompany all the way “. According to scientists, the alarming level of climate change comes from operations at coal plants, car engines and other fossil fuel use. These are reasons that exacerbate the risk of droughts, floods, storms, wildfires and other natural disasters. Leaders of small states and island nations also voiced the serious challenge of rising sea levels and increasing natural disasters. The countries are also calling for international assistance to cut emissions from world powers.

Earlier, President Putin’s foreign policy advisor, Yuri Ushakov, invited US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan to discuss this issue.

Mr. Ushakov stressed to Ambassador Sullivan that Moscow will react seriously if the US takes “unfriendly actions” such as imposing sanctions.

President Joe Biden has proposed holding a summit with Putin

On April 13, US President Joe Biden held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, underlining Washington’s commitment to Ukraine’s territorial integrity and expressing concerns about the concentration of the military. of Russia near the Ukraine border. Mr. Joe Biden also proposed a summit between the two leaders in a third country.

In March, Joe Biden still warned Moscow to pay the price for meddling in the US presidential election, but so far, no sanctions have been announced.

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【Xin Zhiyuan Guide】The chip war escalates again! Biden held a “chip summit” at the White House to discuss the “chip shortage” with the head of the company. White House officials said that transferring half of the chips needed by the United States to the country is a short-term goal. Yes, the chip must be “made in America”.

Last Thursday, the US Department of Commerce included seven Chinese supercomputer entities, including Tianjin Feiteng, on the “trade blacklist.”

After that, the market named one of the seven entities, “Tianjin Feiteng”, whose chips were made by TSMC. In this regard, TSMC said: The company has always followed all laws and regulations and will definitely implement it in accordance with export control regulations.

According to the news from the Taiwanese media “Economic Daily”, after the release of the latest export control list in the United States, TSMC’s internal “comprehensive inventory” mechanism was launched “the first time” to comply with laws and regulations and the system to “integrate with the international” direction, and continue to “dynamics” Responding to the updated US export control measures, and “stop accepting” orders that have been newly included in the sanctions of the entity list.

TSMC “stops taking orders”, will Feiteng become the second “HiSilicon”?

This time TSMC “stopped taking orders”, Tianjin Feiteng was suspended.

I can’t help but think of the “HiSilicon” that had the same experience. At that time, HiSilicon, which was in an expansion period, was included in the control list by the United States when it ranked among the top three customers of TSMC. The United States’ sanctions were tightening step by step, cutting off Huawei. Chip supply.

According to the supply chain, after TSMC’s internal inventory, Feiteng and other indirect orders placed through IC design companies, the annual output is less than 10,000 pieces. Last year, TSMC’s actual shipment of 12.398 million pieces was equivalent to 12-inch wafers. In terms of the proportion of TSMC’s total shipments, the indirect impact of Feiteng is estimated to be only about 0.08%, while the total impact of other adjustments is estimated to be less than 3%.

In other words, compared with HiSilicon, Feiteng accounts for TSMC’s film production ratio.

Although the shipments of Worldchip, an island company that supplies Feiteng IC designs, have been greatly affected. Its stock price has fallen to a limit for three consecutive days. This year, a quarter of its revenue will evaporate, but for TSMC, it is “not afraid.”

In the past two years, due to changes in US export control policies, TSMC has developed some “resilience.” Although many of its customers are concentrated in the consumer electronics field, in recent years it has also begun to strengthen management and control, such as signing commitment statements.

Recently due to the shortage of global chips, the seller’s market has been established. After TSMC stopped accepting orders from the newly included entity list sanctions, the vacated capacity was immediately filled by other customers in line, such as the serious shortage of in-vehicle chips. Not idle.

As of the end of last year, TSMC had 510 global customers with 1,617 product types, involving 281 process technologies such as advanced processes, special processes, and advanced packaging.

Sixty percent of the huge customer base is in the United States.

Needless to say, the US market is very important.

Biden’s “core disease”

For the United States, the importance of TSMC is self-evident.

For example, at the White House Chip Summit just held, Biden convened the heads of 19 major American companies to discuss how to alleviate the chip shortage.

Participating companies include not only Big tech, such as Google’s parent company Alphabet, but also aircraft manufacturer Northrom Grumman, automobile manufacturers General Motors and Ford Motor, and semiconductor key company Intel.

In addition, TSMC Chairman Liu Deyin was also invited to attend the conference.

At this “Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience CEO Summit”, Biden personally attended the meeting and brought Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimundo, Director of the National Economic Council Brian Dis and National Security Advisor Jack Shah. Liwen, with such specifications, it can also be seen that the White House attaches great importance to the chip.

At the meeting, Biden stated that he has received the support of the “bipartisan” in solving the semiconductor problem. He will urge Congress to invest US$50 billion in semiconductor manufacturing and research, which is part of his “US$2 trillion infrastructure plan.” Part.

“I have always emphasized that China and the world are not waiting, and the United States has no reason to wait. The United States is now focusing its capital investment in semiconductors, batteries and other fields-this is what others are doing, and we must do it too.” Biden said at the meeting. The media urged when part of the public announcement.

At the meeting, when referring to chips and wafers, Biden said that “this is all infrastructure.”

So, what did the big guys talk to the president?

The White House said in a statement that executives at the conference emphasized the importance of improving the transparency of the semiconductor supply chain to help alleviate current supply shortages and improve demand forecasts to help avoid future challenges.

The executives also discussed the “importance of encouraging increased semiconductor production capacity in the United States to ensure that we never face shortages again.”

Intel CEO Pat Kissinger said that it will start producing chips within “six to nine months” to solve the supply shortage that has caused the shutdown of some automobile factories in the United States.

National Security Advisor Sullivan said in a statement: “Trying to solve supply chain problems by taking some actions in a crisis will cause serious national security loopholes.” It is too late to wait for the crisis to be resolved. .

Although the specifications of this meeting were high, the president only “chat” with the executives. Regarding the issue of automakers and electronic product manufacturers taking the opportunity to compete for chips, people familiar with the matter revealed that the White House does not support any “special treatment” in certain industries. .

Chairman of TSMC: Confident to successfully build a factory in the United States

For TSMC, the White House participation in the “chat” seems to have gained a lot.

TSMC Chairman Liu Deyin said after the meeting: “TSMC is confident that the 5-nanometer advanced wafer fab project to be built in Phoenix, Arizona is also one of the largest foreign direct investment projects in the history of the United States. Under the cross-party cooperation with the U.S. government Will succeed.”

TSMC already has a fab in Kamaz, Washington, and design centers in Austin, Texas, and San Jose, California.

The fab in Phoenix is ​​the second production base established by TSMC in the United States, with an investment of US$12 billion and a planned monthly production capacity of 20,000 12-inch wafers. It plans to start construction this year and start mass production in 2024, which will bring more than 1,600 high-tech job opportunities indirectly create thousands of job opportunities for the semiconductor industry ecosystem.

Jason Oxman, CEO of the US Information Technology Industry Council, pointed out that the Biden government is recommended to provide more long-term financial support and tax incentives for semiconductor manufacturing, especially for TSMC, which has determined to invest heavily in the United States.

According to data, the cost of investing and building factories in the United States is 30%-50% higher than in other regions.

The root of the global chip shortage lies in the United States

Former Google CEO Schmidt once pointed out that the United States is “heavyly dependent” on TSMC’s chip supply.

He said: “If you want to produce leading hardware products, this is what we need to produce. You may need TSMC. Their products are much faster and much better.”

The entire Taiwan Province occupies 65% (some say 77.5%) of the global foundry market, and TSMC accounts for most of it.

Nvidia, Qualcomm, AMD and Apple all rely on TSMC’s foundry. In other words, about “65%” of the demand in the US market is met by TSMC.

In addition, TSMC is also the world’s best chip manufacturer.

TSMC has the most advanced 7-nanometer process technology, and is developing and preparing for mass production of the 3-nanometer process.

In addition, TSMC has also made breakthroughs in the research and development of advanced 2nm process.

More than half of the world’s chips come from TSMC, and TSMC has turned itself into the center of the technology supply chain.

Compared with its rivals, TSMC’s technological level is 10 years ahead of Samsung.

SMIC has just completed 14-nanometer mass production in 2020, which is the level of TSMC five years ago.

Sure enough, TSMC is big and good.

In the 1990s, the United States was the main force in semiconductor chip production, accounting for about 37% of the world, but now the self-production rate of semiconductor production in the United States only accounts for 12% of the national demand.

Former Google CEO Schmidt said that the United States hopes to lead China by at least two generations in chip production and must return semiconductor production to its homeland.

This CEO, who has served as a science and technology consultant for the US Department of Defense, once led a think tank to publish a report entitled Asymmetric Competition: A Strategy for China & Technology.

The report specifically pointed out that the next generation of chips (including semiconductor chips and biochips) technology is very important to the United States, because it can not only “snap” China’s neck with it, but also increase the speed of technology that can increase the overall innovation speed, and is related to national security. Closely related.

This type of think tank has more than one suggestion, all of which have greatly influenced the policies of the US government.

Regarding the White House chip summit, some analysts said that the meeting was nominally to coordinate the shortage of chips in the United States, but in fact it was to re-upgrade the chip war in the United States.

On the surface, a group of companies such as General Motors in the United States caused insufficient chip orders due to the outbreak of the epidemic and insufficient sales. In fact, it is well known that the general shortage of global chips and the chaos and even rupture of the entire supply chain are mainly caused by the forced changes in the United States. Market and economic laws have unprovoked suppression of Chinese high-tech companies such as Huawei, intensified the US technology war, and attempted to cut off the supply of semiconductor chips and even decouple the industry.

On the 12th, at the analyst meeting held by Huawei, Huawei Vice Chairman and Rotating Chairman Xu Zhijun said:

In the past two years, the United States has imposed sanctions on Huawei three times. The damage to Huawei is great, and the damage will continue to show up. “Sanctions will do more damage to the global industrial chain.” Europe, Japan, etc. are all increasing investment in semiconductors. , Europe clearly emphasized that it has invested heavily to achieve semiconductor independence.

But the fact is that the United States is still advancing its high-tech and semiconductor chip strategies in the name of dealing with China.

According to White House officials, the United States’ short-term goal is to transfer half of the production of chips needed by the United States to “inside the United States” as soon as possible. This may be a specific goal of the White House chip conference.

Obviously, TSMC is the target of wooing.

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To be sure, the two leaders will also discuss how to deal with a rising China, North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Narrow a large cognitive gap

For now, the Biden administration will put an emphasis on promoting cooperation with allies, including Japan, and this is warmly welcomed by America’s allies. .

However, as China continues to rise and the US is urging its allies to assume greater responsibility in international affairs, there is a danger of a large gap between the US and Japan. awareness.

Although Japan is very concerned about China’s behavior, in recent years Tokyo has maintained a cooperative rather than an adversarial approach.

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide (left) and US President Joe Biden (right) will discuss many ‘hot’ issues. (Source: AP)

In October 2018, former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo visited Beijing, and Japan signed memoranda of understanding with China on more than 50 joint projects related to infrastructure construction in third countries. .

Chinese President Xi Jinping was scheduled to make a state visit to Japan in April 2020, but the tour was subsequently postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Under Prime Minister Suga, figures of “doves” and “hawks” toward China in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) often fought for influence.

The hawks have sought ways to postpone Xi Jinping’s state visit when it comes to Xinjiang and Hong Kong issues. LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai, a supporter of Prime Minister Suga, opposed the delay, but the visit is not expected to take place in 2021.

Although Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi urged China to resolve the Xinjiang issue, Tokyo still shied away from imposing economic sanctions on its neighbor because of its lack of legal frameworks. like that.

Therefore, the US should prepare mentally that Japan will adopt a more moderate approach towards China. Japan will certainly continue to strengthen the role and mission of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) within the framework of the Peace Constitution and the US-Japan alliance.

At the same time, Japan will also seek a clear commitment from the United States to avert Chinese military provocations, especially around the Senkaku Islands (which China also claims and calls for). Diaoyu) after China passed a new Customs Law last month, granting China’s coast guard the right to use weapons.

Analysts say the US will certainly be disappointed if it wants Japan to take significantly more aggressive military action against China. Although Japan passed a security law in 2015 that allowed the SDF to engage in limited collective defense activities, constitutional restrictions essentially forbid Japan from using force for purposes of does not involve defense.

Furthermore, the Japanese public still supports Article 9 – the peace clause – in the Rape and has little desire for the SDF to engage in combat missions that pose a risk of casualties.

Get cooperation back on track

About North Korea, both leaders advocated adopting a tough approach. Unlike his predecessor, Donald Trump, Mr. Biden is not too close to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Mr. Suga will be anxious to express his tough stance towards North Korea in the face of domestic public opinion when asking for US assistance to repatriate Japanese citizens previously kidnapped by North Korea.

President Biden had to find a way to reassure the US-Japan-Korea trilateral partnership that Trump has ignored. The key bottleneck here, however, remains tensions between Japan and South Korea over forced labor – issues that have engulfed the enthusiasm of cooperation between the two countries even though they share a common desire to curb the chapter. North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

Addressing climate change and fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic will be a “fertile ground” for the US-Japan to promote cooperation.

Regarding climate change, President Biden quickly brought the US back to the Paris Agreement and is scheduled to hold a climate summit with 40 world leaders from April 22-23.

Prime Minister Suga pledged that Japan will reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050.

Since the financial institutions of the US and Japan lead the world in supporting the use of coal, under the leadership of these two countries, it is likely that the world will be promoted to transform energy, without using fuel. fossils that turn to renewable energy could eventually forge clean energy partnerships.

With regard to Covid-19, Since Japan and the US have a long history of cooperation in international health, the lack of cooperation between the two countries in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic is surprising. A lot of people fear that the Tokyo Olympics will turn into a super infectious event this pandemic.

More communication against Covid-19 did not yield much results. This includes Japan’s use of a supercomputer in an AI-based Covid-19 study, American doctors’ experience in treating Covid-19 patients, and the logistics of government vaccination. Mr. Biden.

Japan and the US could also support more multilateral efforts, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the EU-operated Covid Tool Access Accelerator, to help stop the spread of spread globally and vaccinate people around the world before the emergence of resistant mutations.

The US-Japan summit provides an important opportunity to get bilateral cooperation back on track. However, to best strengthen cooperation and close the perception gap, these two allies should not shy away from discussions regarding thorny issues.

(according to EastAsia Forum)