The Next Front in the U.S.-China Battle Over Chips
Posted inChina Commerce Department Communist Party of China Computer Chips Computers and the Internet Open-Source Software Regulation and Deregulation of Industry United States United States International Relations United States Politics and Government

The Next Front in the U.S.-China Battle Over Chips

A U.S.-born chip technology called RISC-V has become critical to China’s ambitions. Washington is debating whether and how to limit the technology.
WIC Food Assistance for Mothers and Children Faces Funding Shortfall
Posted inBudgets and Budgeting Diet and Nutrition Food Insecurity House of Representatives Pregnancy and Childbirth Republican Party States (US) United States Politics and Government Welfare (US) Women and Girls

WIC Food Assistance for Mothers and Children Faces Funding Shortfall

The Agriculture Department has warned that millions of eligible pregnant and postpartum women and their children could risk missing out on nutrition assistance if Congress does not increase funding.
U.S. Steel Acquisition Proposal Tests Biden’s Industrial Policy
Posted inCollective Bargaining Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Factories and Manufacturing Hawley, Josh D (1979- ) Japan Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures National Economic Council (US) Nippon Steel Corporation Steel and Iron United States International Relations United States Politics and Government United States Steel Corporation United Steelworkers of America

U.S. Steel Acquisition Proposal Tests Biden’s Industrial Policy

The president is under pressure from Democrats and Republicans to block the sale to Japan’s Nippon Steel, which could upset a key foreign ally.