EU Aims to Invest Billions Euros in Chip Push, EU’s Breton Says

EU Aims to Invest Billions Euros in Chip Push, EU’s Breton Says
EU flags flutter in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, on Oct. 2, 2019. Yves Herman/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—The European Union aims to invest tens of billions of euros to bolster its chip industry and double its share of global production to 20 percent, the bloc’s industry chief said on Friday, after a global shortage showed the risks of relying on Asian and U.S. suppliers.

The EU’s ambitious plan comes after the United States last year announced its $52 billion CHIPS for America Act to better compete with Chinese technology.