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📌 [Part 1] A Turning Point for Global Markets — U.S.–China Summit, Oil Surge, and the Restoration of Investor Sentiment On October 23, 2025 (local time), Wall Street closed higher after a volatile day in which markets tested multiple cross-currents. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose +0.31% to 46,734.61. The S&P 500 gained +0.58% to 6,738.42. The Nasdaq climbed +0.89% to 22,941.80. Just a day earlier, fears of renewed U.S.–China tensions had weighed heavily on sentiment. But stronger-than-expected corporate earnings and President Trump’s announcement of an upcoming summit with Xi Jinping alleviated investor concerns. Importantly, this was not merely a tech-led rally; markets demonstrated resilience even in the face of geopolitical risk and commodity price shocks. --- 1) Summit Expectations as a Market “Buffer” President Trump confirmed that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 30 during the APEC summit in South Korea. This will be the first face-to-f...

📌 Supply-Chain Risk: U.S.–China–Korea–Taiwan Tensions Around Semiconductor & Materials Trade --- 📌 Introduction — Why the Semiconductor Supply Chain Became a National-Security Risk The “oil of the 21st century” is no longer oil. It’s semiconductors. From smartphones and laptops to EVs, AI servers, and even advanced weapons systems, there’s virtually no field untouched by chips. We now live in an era where everyday life, national security, and future growth engines all hinge on semiconductors. The problem is that this core industry is geographically concentrated to an extreme. In other words, the global semiconductor supply chain is dominated by a handful of countries—and that network can be shaken at any time by political conflict or military confrontation. That’s why it’s now widely labeled a “supply-chain risk.” --- 1) Each Country’s Monopoly Role The semiconductor industry isn’t structured so that one country does everything end-to-end. Instead, the long value chai...