In this episode we go right to the start to look at this concept of “decoupling” in the context of technology supply chains: what is it?, why does it matter? and how might it play out?

And then in later episodes we look at the experience of a couple of industry players who are seeing the impact right now of decoupling.

In this episode you’ll hear mainly from Dr Reuben Steff, an academic from the University of Waikato, and author of the issue brief and scenarios paper: The Great Disconnect? US-China technology decoupling and its implications for New Zealand.

It’s a really quick read, designed to give an overview of what this is all about, and includes three scenarios of how decoupling might play out.

The scenarios are designed to encourage debate and discussion and hopefully some planning. For example, you’ll hear in later episodes why our panel of experts think the most extreme scenario is unlikely to come to fruition while all agreeing that we need to be planning towards a range of possibilities and delving into the questions that this thinking and process forces.

Watch the full discussion and panel here: https://youtu.be/fsilMyh3MVg

Panel bios:

• Professor David Capie – Director, Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
• Dr Reuben Steff – Senior Lecturer – International Affairs, University of Waikato
• Ainikki Riikonen – Research Associate, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security
• Stuart Wilson – CEO, Endace
• Anna Kominik – Asia Pacific Regional Director, Wisk

Host biography:
Jordan Small: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordancsmall/
jsmall@nzuscouncil.org

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