Tariffs on key display components could help the U.S. military reduce its growing reliance on China for critical electronics, a policy group has said.
The Silverado Policy Accelerator, chaired by Dmitri Alperovitch, cofounder of cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, made the recommendation in a report published on April 30.
Digital displays are used in smartphones, televisions, computers, and many military systems. At their core are “display cells”—thin, chip-like layers that create the images on screens.
The report urges the Pentagon to examine supply chains more deeply, focusing on these cells rather than only finished display panels. Many screens assembled outside China, such as in Mexico or Thailand, still use Chinese-made cells, according to the report….