Chips and chip-making tools: who is exposed
How much of each country's trade in chips and chip-making tools crosses the US-China control line.
- China: across the control line
- Outside the lines
- Low
- Medium
- High
- No data
- South Korea Chips: High; Chip-making: High · South Korea
- Singapore Chips: High; Chip-making: High · Singapore
- Japan Chips: Medium; Chip-making: High · Japan
- Taiwan Chips: Medium; Chip-making: Medium · Taiwan
- Austria Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: High · Austria
- Ireland Chips: High; Chip-making: Outside the lines · Ireland
- European Union Chips: Low; Chip-making: Medium · European Union
- Brazil Chips: Medium; Chip-making: Outside the lines · Brazil
- Netherlands Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Medium · Netherlands
- Germany Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Medium · Germany
- United Kingdom Chips: Low; Chip-making: Outside the lines · United Kingdom
- Algeria: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Angola: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Argentina: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Armenia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Australia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Austria: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: High
- Azerbaijan: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Bahamas: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Bahrain: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Bangladesh: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Belarus: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Belgium: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Brazil: Chips: Medium; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Bulgaria: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Cambodia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Canada: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Chile: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- China: Across the control line, pending open data
- Colombia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Costa Rica: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Croatia: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Cyprus: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Czech Republic: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Denmark: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Dominican Republic: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Ecuador: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Egypt: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- El Salvador: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Estonia: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Ethiopia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- European Union: Chips: Low; Chip-making: Medium
- Finland: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- France: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Georgia: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Germany: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Medium
- Greece: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Guatemala: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Guyana: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Honduras: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Hong Kong: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Hungary: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Iceland: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- India: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Indonesia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Iran: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Iraq: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Ireland: Chips: High; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Israel: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Italy: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Jamaica: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Japan: Chips: Medium; Chip-making: High
- Jordan: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Kazakhstan: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Kenya: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Kuwait: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Latvia: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Lebanon: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Libya: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Lithuania: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Luxembourg: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Macau: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Malaysia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Malta: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Mauritius: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Mexico: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Morocco: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Namibia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Netherlands: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Medium
- New Zealand: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Nicaragua: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Nigeria: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Norway: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Oman: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Pakistan: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Panama: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Peru: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Philippines: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Poland: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Portugal: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Qatar: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Romania: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Russia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Saudi Arabia: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Serbia: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Singapore: Chips: High; Chip-making: High
- Slovakia: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Slovenia: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- South Africa: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- South Korea: Chips: High; Chip-making: High
- Spain: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Sri Lanka: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Sudan: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Sweden: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Switzerland: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Taiwan: Chips: Medium; Chip-making: Medium
- Tanzania: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Thailand: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Tunisia: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- Turkey: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Uganda: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Ukraine: Chips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- United Arab Emirates: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- United Kingdom: Chips: Low; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- United States: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Uzbekistan: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Vietnam: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
- Yemen: Chips: pending open data; Chip-making: pending open data
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As of 3 Nov 2026. Source: National and EU trade statistics (Eurostat, customs and statistics offices), 2025 unless stated.
- 1South KoreaChips: High; Chip-making: High
- 2SingaporeChips: High; Chip-making: High
- 3JapanChips: Medium; Chip-making: High
- 4TaiwanChips: Medium; Chip-making: Medium
- 5AustriaChips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: High
- 6IrelandChips: High; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- 7European UnionChips: Low; Chip-making: Medium
- 8BrazilChips: Medium; Chip-making: Outside the lines
- 9NetherlandsChips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Medium
- 10GermanyChips: Outside the lines; Chip-making: Medium
- 11United KingdomChips: Low; Chip-making: Outside the lines
On the map, the lightest shade marks countries measured and outside the lines; hatched countries are pending open data on both channels. China, across the control line, has its own key.
For each country and each channel we measure the part of its trade in the good that crosses the US-China control line, on two sides: the share of its exports that goes to China, Hong Kong and Macao, and the share of its imports that comes from them. A side counts only if its flow is at least US$1bn; the headline is the larger share among the sides that count. Chips are electronic integrated circuits (HS 8542); tools are machines for making chips, wafers and flat panels, and their parts (HS 8486). Hong Kong is measured as a hub (its exports to the mainland); China is measured by its imports from the controlling governments (the US, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the EU and the UK). Year 2025 unless a cell says otherwise.
The lines, the same for both channels: a country is inside the lines when at least 15% of its trade in the good crosses the control line, on a side with at least US$1bn of trade; Medium from 25%, High from 40%.
| Country | Chips | Chip-making tools | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | High: 44.2% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | High: 47.7% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 6 |
| Singapore | High: 44.1% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | High: 42.5% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 6 |
| Japan | Medium: 35.4% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | High: 42.2% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 5 |
| Taiwan | Medium: 51.2% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 (capped at Medium) | Medium: 30.9% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 4 |
| Austria | Outside the lines: 8.6% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | High: 60.0% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 3 |
| Ireland | High: 44.8% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 2.7% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 3 |
| European Union | Low: 24.8% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Medium: 33.0% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 3 |
| Brazil | Medium: 31.5% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 8.0% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 2 |
| Netherlands | Outside the lines: 9.2% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Medium: 29.7% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 2 |
| Germany | Outside the lines: 10.0% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Medium: 27.0% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | Low: 17.6% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (16.8% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.93bn) | 1 |
| Algeria | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Angola | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Argentina | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (38.5% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.25bn) | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (82.3% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | |
| Armenia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Australia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Azerbaijan | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Bahamas | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Bahrain | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (38.0% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (28.9% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | |
| Bangladesh | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Belarus | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Belgium | Outside the lines: 7.6% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 12.3% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Bulgaria | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (29.8% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.55bn) | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (20.3% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | |
| Cambodia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Canada | Outside the lines: 8.5% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 2.0% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Chile | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (37.2% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.05bn) | Outside the lines: 8.7% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| China | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Colombia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Costa Rica | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Croatia | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (28.5% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.03bn) | Outside the lines: 4.8% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Cyprus | Outside the lines: 11.9% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 3.5% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Czech Republic | Outside the lines: 8.5% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 1.2% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Denmark | Outside the lines: 9.2% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 0.6% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Dominican Republic | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Ecuador | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Egypt | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| El Salvador | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Estonia | Outside the lines: 6.0% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 0.1% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Ethiopia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Finland | Outside the lines: 7.3% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (22.1% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.04bn) | |
| France | Outside the lines: 3.4% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (15.9% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.41bn) | |
| Georgia | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (67.3% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.01bn) | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (68.2% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.01bn) | |
| Greece | Outside the lines: 2.3% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 0.6% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Guatemala | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Guyana | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Honduras | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Hong Kong | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Hungary | Outside the lines: 9.7% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 3.5% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Iceland | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (31.3% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.01bn) | Outside the lines: 0.2% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| India | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Indonesia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Iran | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Iraq | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Israel | Outside the lines: 5.8% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 10.2% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Italy | Outside the lines: 6.7% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (17.6% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.17bn) | |
| Jamaica | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Jordan | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Kazakhstan | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (38.5% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.04bn) | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (92.6% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | |
| Kenya | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Kuwait | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Latvia | Outside the lines: 10.7% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 13.3% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Lebanon | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Libya | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Lithuania | Outside the lines: 7.2% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 3.9% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Luxembourg | Outside the lines: 2.7% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 0.1% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Macau | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Malaysia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Malta | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (16.5% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.78bn) | Outside the lines: 8.0% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Mauritius | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Mexico | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Morocco | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Namibia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| New Zealand | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (15.7% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.05bn) | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (22.2% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | |
| Nicaragua | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Nigeria | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Norway | Outside the lines: 12.1% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 1.7% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Oman | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Pakistan | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (84.7% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.02bn) | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (54.6% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | |
| Panama | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Peru | Outside the lines: 12.0% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2024 | Outside the lines: 5.5% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2024 | |
| Philippines | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Poland | Outside the lines: 4.1% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 6.3% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Portugal | Outside the lines: 2.5% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 3.4% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Qatar | Outside the lines: 10.1% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (42.1% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | |
| Romania | Outside the lines: 6.5% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 2.2% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Russia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Saudi Arabia | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Serbia | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (21.4% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.16bn) | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (91.7% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | |
| Slovakia | Outside the lines: 3.6% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 5.9% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Slovenia | Outside the lines: 5.9% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (39.7% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.00bn) | |
| South Africa | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Spain | Outside the lines: 6.9% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: 5.3% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Sri Lanka | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Sudan | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Sweden | Outside the lines: 3.7% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (52.2% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.27bn) | |
| Switzerland | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Tanzania | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Thailand | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Tunisia | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (22.4% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.33bn) | Outside the lines: 6.7% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| Turkey | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Uganda | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Ukraine | Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor (41.8% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025, of US$0.36bn) | Outside the lines: 10.0% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, 2025 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| United States | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Uzbekistan | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Vietnam | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data | |
| Yemen | Assessment pending open data | Assessment pending open data |
As of 3 Nov 2026. Source: National and EU trade statistics (Eurostat, customs and statistics offices), 2025 unless stated.
What is shown
A cell shows a figure only when it rests on an open official source. “Assessment pending open data” means the figure rests on a source we may not publish yet: it carries no number and no band, is hatched on the map and adds no points to the ranking, until an open national figure replaces it. “At least Medium” means only one side of the trade has an open figure: the band is a floor, not the full assessment.
Figures as of 3 Nov 2026. Each country page names its sources, their language and our confidence in them.