U.S. MPs try to force the chip bill to accelerate the "competition bill"

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The "Competition Act", which is brewing for more than a year, is accelerating. According to Reuters on the 13th, in order to pass the bill as soon as possible, American members tried to cut the content of the semiconductor manufacturing subsidy in the bill.

According to US media reports, on the 13th local time, White House officials, including the Minister of Commerce Raymond, went to Congress Mountain to conduct a non -public briefing to all senators to explain the global competition status of technology and innovative industries. Pass the bill as soon as possible to provide funds for US semiconductor research and development and manufacturing to solve the problem of urgent chip shortages. According to US media reports, Raymond said to the media after the meeting, "This (bill) is crucial to national security. The United States must be in a leader in these technical fields, especially semiconductor chips." Raymond Doro accepts Reuters Reuters. During the interview, the best result was to pass the bill before the Congress closed on August 4th.

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In June 2021, the US Senate passed the "2021 American Innovation and Competition Act" and authorized to allocate about $ 190 billion to enhance the foundation and advanced technical strength of the United States in the key technology field. Semiconductor production. In February of this year, the House of Representatives of the United States passed the "2022 American Competition Act", which also included financial support for the study of semiconductor manufacturing and the study of key components for automobiles and computers. In the past period, the two hospitals of the United States and the Democratic and Republican parties have been promoting the integration of the two bills in order to obtain a formal bill that can be approved by the two institutes and signed by the US President Biden, but it has not been able to fail Reach consistency.

The Senate Republican leader McConal said on the 12th that in order to obtain the "Competition Act", one option was that the House of Representatives passed the Senate bill, and the other was "stripping part of the content and passing it." Raymond Doro quoted McConal on the 13th that Perlis, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ruled out the possibility of directly passing the Senate bill.

The US media said on the 14th that due to the huge content of the "Competition Act" and a huge cost, some members considered the terms of passing semiconductor investment alone. Wella, chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, believes that the part of "priority through chip investment" can be considered and any other content that everyone can agree. Ke Ning, a member of the Senate Intelligence Commission, said that the two parties have not yet reached a consensus on whether they have passed the chip investment separately.

According to the US "Washington Post" reported on the 13th, the "National Key Capable Defense Act" proposed by the US members in 2021, the Bayeng government said that it supports the US Congress to take action in order to ask US companies to "critical areas" in China in China Notify the US government before investing. This is the first time that the Bayeng government has issued a public statement on the bill.

Regarding such bills launched by the United States Congress, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs have previously responded that how the United States develops is its own business. As the world's number one economy, the United States should do to maintain the global industrial chain, including the semiconductor industry, The supply chain is stable, instead of using China to talk about China, and treat China as an imaginary enemy. (Zhao Jueyi)

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