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Industry Impact Index

Industries Analyzed

Industry File Disruption Scale Key Finding
Semiconductors & AI semiconductors-ai.md Triple input crisis (helium + bromine + LNG) SMIC/Huawei gain share; memory +171%; $650B AI investment delayed
Defense Industrial Base defense-industrial-base.md 5,197 munitions in 96 hours Single-facility production bottlenecks; China deterrence gap during rebuild
Food & Agriculture food-agriculture.md 1B+ people affected Spring planting already compromised; fertilizer + PE spoilage = 20-35% food supply reduction
Pharmaceuticals pharmaceuticals.md 60-day inflection point China 70% of India API imports; antibiotics/metformin most exposed; WHO hub paralyzed
Automotive automotive.md 6 simultaneous input constraints BYD/1973 parallel; +8-15% vehicle inflation; Japan/Korea critical exposure
Energy Transition energy-transition.md Green transition paradox Nuclear = only tech both accelerated AND not China-dependent; copper is binding constraint #1

Cross-Industry Dependencies

SEMICONDUCTORS ──→ AUTOMOTIVE (1,000-3,000 chips/vehicle)
              ──→ DEFENSE (guidance, communications, radar)
              ──→ PHARMACEUTICALS (manufacturing controls)

ENERGY TRANSITION ──→ AUTOMOTIVE (EV supply chain)
                  ──→ DEFENSE (rare earth magnets)

FOOD/AGRICULTURE ──→ PHARMACEUTICALS (malnutrition → disease burden)
                 ──→ AUTOMOTIVE (biofuel feedstock competition)