US needs lots of time and money to replace chip imports - expert

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Apr 14, 2025

Trump says he will announce his tariff plans on imported computer chips this week, telling reporters "we want to make our chips and semiconductors and other things in our country".

But one expert has warned about the amount of time and investment needed to achieve that goal.

"The reality is [semiconductor fabrication plants] take years and tens of billions of dollars to build and the administration knows that," Marc Einstein, research director at Counterpoint Research, tells the BBC. Read More

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Apr 14, 2025

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