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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
Technology
Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Signs $280B CHIPS Act in Bid to Boost US over China

US President Joe Biden walks over to a table to sign H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on August 9, 2022. (AFP)

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing, part of his administration's push to boost US competitiveness over China.

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 US reliance on overseas supply chains for critical, cutting-edge goods.

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