Deep Analysis · Global
Key Facts
—The forward hand. In Seoul on June 29, President Lee Jae Myung announced Samsung and SK hynix would invest about 800 trillion won (roughly US$518 billion) in domestic chip plants.
—The program. The figure sat inside a national plan the government valued at more than US$576 billion, built on a “triple axis” of chips, AI and data centres.
—The command markets. China’s Decree No. 837 tightened review of outbound investment from July 1; Vietnam decreed its first carbon market, making 500 million tonnes of CO2 tradeable overnight.
