I don't see any chip factories in any of those except China and Russia.
I wish I understood why they pretend this is something other than a cold war.
I wish I understood why they pretend this is something other than a cold war.
The list is used as a list of reasonable-to-exclude countries from the CHIPS act.
The same list is used _all over the place_, including things like NASA mission collaboration, government funding for conference travel, background checks for visiting gov offices, etc.