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Semiconductor Bill Headed To The House

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The Innovation and Competition Act could reach the House as early as next week. The bill seeks to boost federal spending on semiconductors to challenge Chinese supremacy in the industry.

  • Joe Biden said: ‘I want to see Congress pass this bill right away and get it to my desk (…) let’s do it for the sake of our economic competitiveness and our national security.’
  • The bill provides for a UD$52 billion increase to US semiconductor production and another USD$190 billion to bolster technology and research to compete with China.
  • The bill passed the Senate in June last year with bipartisan support.
  • The bill demonstrates an awareness in Washington that economic competitiveness with China in strategically important sectors will be an increasingly important part of the national security agenda in the future.

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