FT News Briefing

Computer chip shortage, corporate America caught between US and China

04.05.2021 - By Financial TimesPlay

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

The boom in Bitcoin mining is having an unintended consequence: it has driven up the cost of computer chips. Plus, the FT’s US-China correspondent, Demetri Sevastopulo, explains how China’s repressive treatment of its Uyghur Muslims is affecting Western brands who do business in the country.  

Bitcoin mining boom adds to chip price inflation https://www.ft.com/content/d5c121c8-aefc-48d5-a3bf-6e581ccb5762

Western brands caught between US and China over human rights https://www.ft.com/content/a0be4094-2aba-4275-a3ca-ec5e58cc5032? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More episodes from FT News Briefing