Key Points

• US and European semiconductor industries and supply chains are tightly intertwined.
• Currently, the US Defense Microelectronics Activity’s (DMEA) list of accredited, trusted semiconductor suppliers encompasses US-based suppliers with few exceptions for foreign firms like the British BAE Systems that are already tightly integrated into the defense industrial base.
• Several opportunities exist for the US and Europe to coordinate more closely on investments, supply chain standards, and markets for secure and trusted chips.
• However, a mutual reliance on East Asian suppliers and diverging national security views on China pose challenges to expanding US trusted semiconductor status to in European producers and markets.

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Key Points

• US and European semiconductor industries and supply chains are tightly intertwined.
• Currently, the US Defense Microelectronics Activity’s (DMEA) list of accredited, trusted semiconductor suppliers encompasses US-based suppliers with few exceptions for foreign firms like the British BAE Systems that are already tightly integrated into the defense industrial base.
• Several opportunities exist for the US and Europe to coordinate more closely on investments, supply chain standards, and markets for secure and trusted chips.
• However, a mutual reliance on East Asian suppliers and diverging national security views on China pose challenges to expanding US trusted semiconductor status to in European producers and markets.

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