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Firms should be allowed to buy own vaccines: SEIPI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 12:44 PM

This is one way that the country can speed up its vaccination rollout, said SEIPI president Dan Lachica in an interview with ANC. Read more »

US Senate passes sweeping bill to address China tech rivalry

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 09:46 AM

The US Senate voted 68-32 on Tuesday to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology. Read more »

Tech giants join call for funding US chip production

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at May 11 05:38 PM

Some of the world's biggest chip buyers, including Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc's Google, are joining top chip-makers such as Intel Corp to create a new lobbying group to press for government chip manufacturing subsidies. Read more »

Tech demand drives Asia's factory revival, China's slowdown puts dampener

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Mar 01 02:03 PM

Solid demand for technology goods drove extended growth in Asia's factories in February, but a slowdown in China underscored the challenges facing the region as it seeks a sustainable recovery from the shattering COVID-19 pandemic blow.   Read more »

'Perfect storm': phones, consoles could get pricier as chip crisis bites

Sam Reeves, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 02:04 PM

Prices of popular gadgets such as PlayStations and iPhones could rise because of microchip shortages caused by a "perfect storm" of coronavirus-driven demand, supply chain disruptions and trade war stockpiling, experts warn. Read more »

Chip shortage puts the brakes on automakers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 07:16 PM

A shortage of silicon chips is forcing automakers to cut back on production across the globe and may encourage efforts to cut reliance on Asian suppliers. Read more »

With money, and waste, China fights for chip independence

Raymond Zhong and Cao Li, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 28 08:58 AM

Computer chips are the brains and souls of all the electronics the country’s factories crank out. Yet they are mostly designed and produced overseas. China’s government is lavishing money on anyone who can help change that.   Read more »

Manufacturing recovery underway, to get boost from tax reform, free trade deal: DTI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 09:08 PM

The Department of Trade and Industry said the manufacturing sector is recovering after suffering a steeper decline than the rest of the economy because of the COVID-19 pandemic.    Read more »

China to lower import tariffs on some products from Jan 1

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 23 11:29 AM

China will lower tariffs on products ranging from frozen pork and avocado to some type of semiconductors next year, the finance ministry said, as Beijing looks to boost imports amid a slowing economy and a trade war with the United States.  Read more »

End of an era as Japan's Panasonic exits chip business

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 05:28 PM

The Japanese conglomerate said it was offloading its subsidiary Panasonic Semiconductors Solutions to Taiwan's Nuvoton, with the sale scheduled to take place in June. A spokeswoman for the firm told AFP Panasonic would receive $250 million. Read more »

Japan-S. Korea trade spat threatens global tech market

Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 02:25 PM

A simmering diplomatic row with Japan is threatening South Korea's output of components that drive smartphones and computer displays, which analysts say could batter the global tech market and hike prices for consumers.   Read more »

China rare earth prices soar on their potential role in trade war

Tom Daly and Shivani Singh, Reuters
Posted at Jun 06 05:48 PM

Chinese rare earth prices are set to climb further beyond multi-year highs hit following a flurry of state media reports that Beijing could weaponize its supply-dominance of the prized minerals in its trade war with Washington. Read more »

PH semiconductor industry continues to reject ‘TRABAHO’ bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 11:22 PM

A Philippine opposition senator called on the country's semiconductor industry to be open for compromises in the so-called "TRABAHO" bill.  Read more »