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White House Convenes Summit To Address Supply Shortage Crippling Auto Plants
NPR ^
| April 12, 20215:01 AM ET
| SCOTT DETROW -
Posted on 04/12/2021 5:37:58 AM PDT by deport
President Biden's top national security and economic advisers are trying to address a critical supply crunch that is slowing U.S. automobile manufacturing and threatens other sectors, including national security, according to experts.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan, National Economic Council director Brian Deese, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimodo will meet with executives from 19 companies to discuss growing shortage of semiconductors, a key component of many computerized electronics.
The shortage touches nearly every industry, but U.S. auto makers have been especially hit hard. General Motors, Ford and Stellantis (formed by a merger involving Fiat Chrysler) have all temporarily closed down auto plants, as the companies wait for more supplies of the parts needed for increasingly computerized cars.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automotive; autos; belvidere; briandeese; chrysler; defundnpr; economy; fiat; ford; generalmotors; ginaraimodo; illinois; jakesullivan; jeep; mediawingofthednc; michigan; npr; peugeot; psagroup; scottdetrow; stellantis; whitehouse
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:37:58 AM PDT
by
deport
To: deport
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:40:03 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
To: deport
I wish I still had roll down windows and that little vent window.
I wish gas was still 27 cents a gallon. LOL
To: deport
So the meeting will have the same result as any other. Continue the crises. “Stay home, stay safe, wear a mask.”
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:41:01 AM PDT
by
albie
To: deport
Today’s white house (capitol letters deliberately not there) residents think that those car chips come in bags with salt.
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:41:56 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: deport
I thought PDJT solved this with a MAJOR CHIP SET MANUFACTURE Taiwanese Company agreeing to set up in the USA.
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:42:36 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
To: Sacajaweau
I remember driving with my Dad and he thought 27 cents a gallon in NY was outrageous, LOL. We’d drive up to his hometown of Montpelier, VT and the gas there was 20 cents, as I recall...
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:42:40 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(The avg 911 response time is 23 mins; the response time of a .357 is 1400 ft/sec)
To: deport
I remember when the Japanese went to help the Soviets by creating a robot-controlled transmission factory. Soon they had transmissions packing the warehouses because regular car production was at the same Soviet pace.
Everything is going to slow down, now - there will be many problems with getting anything done. To cut corners, companies will pollute more as officials look the other way. All part of the new USSA.
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:42:58 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: a fool in paradise
“China”
Agree, it does appear that China is ‘turning the screws a bit’ here. Probably retaliation for Blinken’s strong statements on Taiwan.
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:43:46 AM PDT
by
BobL
(TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
To: deport
A White House “Summit”? That will solve the problem. Oh wait! They will find out that the shortage only effects fossil fuel burning cars and trucks. How stupid of me.
To: deport
If they announce across the board HUGE REAL import tariffs on all IMPORTED car parts then I am a Biden fan all the way.
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:47:16 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: Candor7
I thought PDJT solved this with a MAJOR CHIP SET MANUFACTURE Taiwanese Company agreeing to set up in the USA. Yes, TSMC. But those processors are high end for iPhones and computers. The processors used in cars are less powerful and much cheaper. The car parts are actually more flexible with more I/O needed to make measurements and control the voltages needed to run the car.
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:47:24 AM PDT
by
palmer
(Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
To: deport
I can blame Joe that the stage 2 cam for my truck is backordered with no available ship date?
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:49:53 AM PDT
by
jughandle
(Big words anger me, keep talking. )
To: deport
Why don’t the Democrats just “deem” the chips into existence?
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:50:32 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Pathetic Pierre Delecto, the Pestiferous Potentate of Enchanted Chones.)
To: albie
Never let a crisis go to waste...que up the new electric cars
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:52:31 AM PDT
by
EBH
(How they did it? Social Contagion and Social Media is the mechanism)
To: mosaicwolf
The big question is, how can Hunter benefit from this.
To: palmer
Thanks Palmer. I bet the auto unions are frying geriatric Joe’s ass on this issue.
Maybe TSMC has a subsidiary?
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:56:54 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
To: deport
According to some friends in the business, we also have an aluminum shortage.
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posted on
04/12/2021 5:57:53 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
To: EBH
"Never let a crisis go to waste...que up the new electric cars" Which take even more such chips, plus other not-so-readily available materials (lithium and rare earths).
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posted on
04/12/2021 6:00:38 AM PDT
by
Wonder Warthog
(Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
To: Sacajaweau
Had forgotten about the little vent window...I’d like one of those!
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posted on
04/12/2021 6:02:58 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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