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US Unveils Americas-wide Plan To Boost Semiconductor Production

Le secrétaire d'Etat américain Antony Blinken s'exprime devant le "Partenariat des Amériques pour la prospérité économique" le 17 juillet, 2024 à Washington (Credit: AFP)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled Wednesday a new plan for countries in the Americas to boost production of semiconductors, which are critical just about everywhere in modern industry and a sector dominated by China.

"This initiative will turbocharge countries' capacity to assemble, to test and to package semiconductors, beginning with Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica," Blinken said as he opened a meeting with counterparts from 11 countries of Latin America.

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