Supply Chain Security

The government should work with supply chain partners and likeminded governments to build global supply chain capabilities that complement and support semiconductor industry operations in the U.S., including diverse and secure sourcing alternatives both for upstream semiconductor materials, like critical minerals and specialized chemicals, and for downstream markets, like automotive, industrial, and electronics.

The government should ensure U.S.-headquartered companies enjoy nondiscriminatory access to semiconductor incentive programs offered by governments in foreign markets and align U.S. incentive programs to attract investment from allies and partners.

To justify long-term capital-intensive investments in U.S. semiconductor production, chipmakers need confidence their products will have access to global markets. The U.S. government should negotiate reciprocal trade and other economic deals with partners and allies that facilitate increased sales of U.S. semiconductors globally, create preferential markets for our chips and downstream electronics products, encourage investments by global semiconductor firms here in America, and incentivize the creation of trusted supply chains. Governments should also build on existing bilateral and plurilateral trade platforms with a view to strengthen trusted semiconductor supply chains and reduce America’s and its allies’ dependence on less reliable trade partners.