Gallagher: Skeptical that US efforts to achieve semiconductor independence will work
Congressman Mike Gallagher · Ep 72: Illegal Chinese Bio Labs & Secret Police Inside America! Congressman Mike Gallagher · Joe Lonsdale · Nov 30, 2023 · at 37:45
House CCP Select Committee Chair Mike Gallagher evaluates US domestic semiconductor manufacturing initiatives and ongoing reliance on Taiwan.
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“Where we've already made a decision that we're going to try to wean ourself off semiconductor dependency on Taiwan, I guess in this case, I'm skeptical it's going to work”
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