CRS Issues Report on US Semiconductor Policy
The Congressional Research Service issued a report Oct. 26 on U.S. semiconductor policy and global competition, including an analysis of the semiconductor supply chain, the current industry landscape and semiconductor-related legislation. Congress has introduced multiple bills to provide federal funding…
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and incentives for the semiconductor industry (see 2007240010), but questions remain about how large federal tax benefits should be, how much the federal government should invest in research and development, and how long the funding and incentives should be sustained, the CRS said. The U.S. should also consider how partners and adversaries would respond to moves such as federal investment in R&D-related activities such as workforce training or federal spending to “ensure a domestic production source for some or all national security applications,” and whether the efforts should be made in collaboration with other “like-minded” countries “to incentivize R&D and supply chains and to counter China’s state-led policies.”