# East Asia Brief

> English-language intelligence on Korean, Chinese and Japanese industry: semiconductors, batteries and EVs, robotics, shipbuilding, energy and trade policy — with the company and supply-chain impact spelled out.

Independent US coverage of business, technology and policy. Every article on this site is also available as clean Markdown: append `.md` to any article URL, or request it with `Accept: text/markdown`.

## How to cite us

Cite as: East Asia Brief, "<headline>," <date>. <url>. Please link to the article URL.

## Sections

- [Semiconductors](https://eastasiabrief.com/semiconductors): Memory, foundry, equipment and materials across Korea, China and Japan — and the export rules that bound them. ([markdown](https://eastasiabrief.com/semiconductors.md))
- [Batteries & EV](https://eastasiabrief.com/batteries-ev): Cell capacity, cathode and anode materials, EV production and the trade rules that decide where they ship. ([markdown](https://eastasiabrief.com/batteries-ev.md))
- [Robotics](https://eastasiabrief.com/robotics): Industrial robots, precision components, factory automation and the labor economics driving adoption. ([markdown](https://eastasiabrief.com/robotics.md))
- [Shipbuilding](https://eastasiabrief.com/shipbuilding): Yards, order books, naval programs and the defense-industrial partnerships forming across the region. ([markdown](https://eastasiabrief.com/shipbuilding.md))
- [Energy & Minerals](https://eastasiabrief.com/energy-minerals): Power supply for industry, refining capacity, rare earths and the chokepoints in between. ([markdown](https://eastasiabrief.com/energy-minerals.md))
- [Trade & Policy](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy): Subsidies, tariffs, export controls and economic-security measures, and how they land on companies. ([markdown](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy.md))
- [Analysis](https://eastasiabrief.com/analysis): Cross-country comparison, supply chain mapping and the longer view on East Asian industry. ([markdown](https://eastasiabrief.com/analysis.md))

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