Biden signs CHIPS act in bid to boost US over China

The bill has been more than a year in the making, but finally cleared both chambers of Congress late last month with significant bipartisan margins.

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August 9, 2022 - 4:18 PM

US President Joe Biden. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Flanked by scores of lawmakers, union officials, local politicians and business leaders, Biden feted the legislation, a core part of his economic agenda that will incentivize investments in the American semiconductor industry in an effort to ease U.S. reliance on overseas supply chains for critical, cutting-edge goods.

“The future of the chip industry is going to be made in America,” Biden said in a sweltering Rose Garden ceremony Tuesday, referring to the diminutive devices that power everything from smartphones to computers to automobiles. The legislation sets aside $52…

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