Biden Activates Defense Production Act to Boost Circuit Board Manufacturing

Biden Activates Defense Production Act to Boost Circuit Board Manufacturing
Semiconductor chips on a printed circuit board on Feb. 17, 2023. Florence Lo/Illustration/Reuters
Lawrence Wilson
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President Joe Biden has applied the Defense Powers Act (DPA) to two components used in the manufacture of virtually all electronic devices, protecting the country’s ability to control its supply of electronic materials and equipment.

Biden signed a presidential directive that includes printed circuit boards and advanced packaging under Executive Order 14017, “America’s Supply Chains,” the Department of Defense announced on March 27.