On December 16, ORF America hosted a Chips for Breakfast meeting, a private roundtable to facilitate frank conversations among a select group of senior industry representatives, current and former U.S. and foreign government officials, as well as academic experts about the current state of U.S. semiconductor policy and its implications for the global semiconductor value chain, U.S. technology leadership, and international security.

This first roundtable focused on the new, far-reaching October 7 export controls and industry and U.S. partners’ responses to these measures as well as the need to balance U.S. national security and economic objectives vis-a-vis foreign partners and allies’ interests. It also addressed the need to multilateralize semiconductor export controls to ensure their long-term effectiveness. Future roundtables will address a broad range of pressing policy questions concerning the global semiconductor ecosystem and U.S. technology leadership.