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Source: AI Governance, Ethics and Leadership
The compliance frameworks from OpenAI, Anthropic, and their Western peers are functionally irrelevant for the vast majority of deployments. Cheaper open-weight models from China have ensured that regulatory efforts focused on controlling leading labs address yesterday's chokepoint. Governance designed around monopoly protection doesn't constrain a fragmented market.
Source: Bloomberg (paywall)
Hong Kong's share of China's chip imports has doubled to over 50% in a decade, making it the primary gateway for semiconductors reaching mainland manufacturers. The shift reflects both the effectiveness of U.S. export controls—which push supply chains through jurisdictional gray zones—and China's inability to domestically source advanced chips at scale. The concentration creates a leverage point for future policy action. It also shows how geopolitical fragmentation reorganizes trade flows rather than eliminating them, as intermediaries exploit regulatory arbitrage to keep supply chains functional.