US lawmakers weigh $25bn subsidies to boost chipmaking

Washington encourages domestic production as rivalry with China heats up

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The Capitol Hill is mulling a $25 billion budget to support the production of semiconductors. (Source photo by Reuters)

TAKESHI KAWANAMI, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- U.S. lawmakers are mulling subsidies of about $25 billion to encourage companies to relocate chip production facilities back home amid rising competition with China in the high-tech sector.

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