The European Chips Act, launched last week by the EU, pledges to secure $49-billion of public and private funding for building European chip manufacturing capacity. The move mirrors a $52-billion US pledge being promoted by President Joe Biden. Host Marco Werman speaks with Sujai Shivakumar of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the sudden focus on manufacturing computer chips domestically.
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