Pranay Kotasthane quoted in CNBC on Acquisition of Semicondcutor Firm JSR

Pranay Kotasthane, Deputy Director and Chairperson - High Tech Geopolitics Programme at Takshashila, was quoted in CNBC. He was quoted as saying:

“Japan wants to double down on its comparative advantage in materials ... needed for semiconductor manufacturing,” Pranay Kotasthane, chairperson of the high-tech geopolitics program at the Takshashila Institution, told CNBC.

“JIC’s investment in JSR means that the government might have a higher say over its decisions,” Kotasthane said. “Geopolitically, this would make China uncomfortable. Especially since Japan has gone along with its own version of export controls against the Chinese semiconductor industry.”

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