Signal The 2022 US CHIPS and Science Act, the European Chips Act and Indian and Japanese investment are named

Summary

This signal gives the report's policy example of governments bringing strategic production back within their own borders. In the semiconductor industry, efforts to strengthen domestic capacity include the United States' CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. The European Chips Act is named alongside it. The report also points to significant investment in chipmaking by India and Japan. Together these measures show states trying to reduce reliance on distant or risky suppliers for a critical technology. The signal supports the story that supply chains are being reforged around reliability and security rather than lowest cost.