At @handelsblatt event, Chinese ambassador Wu issues clear threat to Germany:
„If you decide to exclude Huawei this will have consequences. You sell million cars per year in China. We may also declare them unsafe“.
Gloves are off.
https://twitter.com/thorstenbenner/status/1205547443389157376
Intel released the results of a new study today, “Accelerate Industrial,” that represents the most comprehensive view of Industry 4.0, the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector. The research uncovered a serious skills gap that most Western industrial production training programs and government investment initiatives fail to address.
Why It’s Important: A recent Deloitte/Manufacturing Institute study suggests that industries are entering a period of acute long-term labor shortages, with a shortfall in manufacturing expected to be 2.4 million job openings unfilled by 2028, resulting in a $2.5 trillion negative impact on the U.S. economy. Germany and Japan, two other developed economies, are expected to fare even worse in terms of this projected labor shortage.
https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-research-identifies-digital-skills-gap-slowing-industry-4-0/
The implication of this is that plastics => semiconductors in this quote from the Graduate : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjkn