The Development of US Technological Cooperation with the Republic of Korea and Japan in the Context of US-China Rivalry

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In the context of the escalating technological rivalry between the United States and China, cooperation with key allies in the Asia-Pacific region – South Korea and Japan – is of particular importance to Washington. The United States considers cooperation with technologically advanced South Korea and Japan an advantage in the technological race with China and an important tool to contain China's influence in all strategically important areas of modern technology. The most pressing areas of cooperation between the United States, South Korea, and Japan are the diversification and maintenance of stable supplies of minerals needed for the production of semiconductors, the creation of a more secure global supply chain for semiconductors, the development of AI technologies, and joint projects in the areas of sixth-generation mobile communications (6G). Despite the active institutional development of cooperation between the countries, which is enshrined in various bilateral and trilateral agreements, there is still a problem with the lack of a common approach to curbing China's technological development. The weak link in the alliance is still South Korea, which depends on China for both chip production and chip distribution. China's rapid technological development and its superiority in many areas of modern technology also do not allow these countries to surpass China in this technological race.

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M. Zakharova

Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS)

Email: Marria.dipacademy@gmail.com
ORCID ID: 0009-0006-2699-7023
Junior Researcher Moscow, Russian Federation

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