Trump wanted to revive a declining coal industry. Congress disagreed, even cutting coal form the CV19 stimulus.
Biden wants to invest in semiconducters, for NATIONAL security reasons a and because semiconductoirs are the bottleneck in production for multiple industries.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-chips-idUSKBN2BZ118
White House to zero in on chip shortage in meeting with company officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior White House officials will meet on Monday with top executives from nearly 20 major companies to discuss a global semiconductor shortage that has roiled the automotive industry and technology firms.
The White House meeting is billed as the “CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience” and will include White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese.
As of midday Friday, 19 major companies had agreed to send executives, including General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra, Ford Motor Chief Executive Jim Farley and Chrysler-parent Stellantis NV CEO Carlos Tavares.
Deese said in a statement the “summit reflects the urgent need to strengthen critical supply chains.”
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will also take part, as well as executives from GlobalFoundries, PACCAR, NXP and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, AT&T, Samsung, Google-parent Alphabet, Dell Technologies, Intel Corp, Medtronic, Northrop Grumman, HP, Cummins and Micron.
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