Posted on 04/12/2021 6:05:03 AM PDT by John W
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior White House officials will meet on Monday with top executives from nearly 20 major companies to discuss a global semiconductor shortage that has roiled the automotive industry and technology firms.
The White House meeting is billed as the “CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience” and will include White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese.
As of midday Friday, 19 major companies had agreed to send executives, including General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra, Ford Motor Chief Executive Jim Farley and Chrysler-parent Stellantis NV CEO Carlos Tavares.
Deese said in a statement the “summit reflects the urgent need to strengthen critical supply chains.”
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will also take part, as well as executives from GlobalFoundries, PACCAR, NXP and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, AT&T, Samsung, Google-parent Alphabet, Dell Technologies, Intel Corp, Medtronic, Northrop Grumman, HP, Cummins and Micron.
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People INSIDE the USA. between the 50 states, are free to trade as they please. Across international borders not so much. No one trading with China is trading with FREE people.
Why stop at 75G for a truck? If you are making up numbers why not say 100G or 120G? Geez what BS.
what are you, 12?
This is a forum for intellectual discussion. You are contributing to a growing toxic environment here.
Name calling people who disagree with you is very immature.
It shows your lack of ability to think.
And how do you justify your demand a powerful government commands what corporations can and can’t do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppPZOK0_WXQ
Jill told Joe their going to have a meeting about computer chips. Joe thought she said their going to have chips and dip. I’m sure he has no clue their talking about
Joe yelled to the Toadie: Be careful though, those places are run by Indians
Tariffs are "justified" in the US Constitution as one of the ways to fund the federal govt. ALL THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THIS COUNTRY WERE PROTECTIONISTS AND THE FIRST LAW PASSED BY THE FIRST CONGRESS WAS THE TARIFF ACT.
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