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Chipmakers Are Flashing More Warnings on the Global Economy

  • Korean trade may be headed for slump as memory sales weaken
  • Global trade has correlated with Korean exports for some time

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Mounting concern over semiconductor demand is sending shudders through North Asia’s high-tech exporters, which historically serve as a bellwether for the international economy.

South Korean behemoths Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. have signaled plans to dial back investment outlays, while across the East China Sea, the world’s biggest contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. indicated a similar expectation.

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