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The First Semiconductor Trade War

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64% Informative

Ronald Reagan responded to the growing technological prowess of Japan in 1987 .

Reagan slapped 100 percent tariffs on all semiconductors imported from Japan .

Congress approved a $500 million industrial policy to subsidize American chipmakers.

Reagan administration had reached a deal that was supposed to limit Japanese companies' sales of computer chips to America .

Sen. Chuck Schumer pushed a bill to provide $52 billion in subsidies for U.S. chipmakers.

Julian Zelizer : Republicans have been eager to line up behind the cause as a way of demonstrating their anti- China hawkery.

He says the best chips made in China are several generations behind those made in America and Taiwan , and closing the gap will be difficult.

Zelizer says policy makers should be skeptical of ideas based on an inaccurate understanding of the global marketplace.

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