Biden administration looks to ease auto-backed inflation with new semiconductor initiative

Published September 23, 2021 3:20pm ET



The Biden administration will announce a new transparency initiative with semiconductor producers that attempts to address the global supply chain shortage driving up the prices of cars and other electronic goods.

Thursday’s announcement marks the administration’s first substantive action to address rising prices in the auto industry and other sectors that rely heavily on semiconductors since designating those chips as one of four critical supply chain bottlenecks earlier this spring.

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