Here’s the thing about chip espionage...

In a commentary, SMU Associate Professor of Law Han-Wei Liu and Ching-Fu Lin, Professor of Law at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, opined that while Pax Silica members seek to guard their industrial secrets from China, they are also one another’s fierce competitors. They said that members need a fast channel for cross-border evidence-sharing and joint investigation, since serious leak cases often cross borders, including those involving firms outside the coalition, and should also notify one another when such cases arise. They added that a bright line between “partners” and “outsiders” would force members to show their hand towards China, at a cost to their ties with Beijing, and many will prefer to keep the line blurred.