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US and allies to build 'China-free' tech supply chain

Exclusive: Biden to sign presidential order to bolster chip, battery and rare-earth industries

The issue of tech supply chains has taken on added urgency with a chip shortage this year that has hit automakers particularly hard.   © Reuters

WASHINGTON/TAIPEI -- U.S. President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order as early as this month to accelerate efforts to build supply chains for chips and other strategically significant products that are less reliant on China, in partnership with the likes of Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

The document will order the development of a national supply chain strategy, and is expected to call for recommendations for supply networks that are less vulnerable to disruptions such as disasters and sanctions by unfriendly countries. Measures will focus on semiconductors, electric-vehicle batteries, rare-earth metals and medical products, according to a draft obtained by Nikkei.

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