The White House was exposed to warn the US chip industry: prepare for Russia to cut off the supply of key raw materials

Foreign media revealed that the White House warned the US chip industry: prepare for Russia to cut off the supply of key raw materials

　　[Global Web Report] The United States is suspicious again?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has warned the U.S. chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against U.S. export controls that prevent U.S. companies from accessing key raw materials for making chips, people familiar with the matter said.

　　According to the report, the US market research agency Techcet released a report on the 1st of this month, emphasizing the dependence of many semiconductor manufacturers on materials from Russia and Ukraine, such as neon gas and palladium.

According to the agency's assessment, more than 90% of U.S. semiconductor-grade neon gas supply comes from Ukraine, and 35% of palladium comes from Russia.

　　White House National Security Council member Peter Harrell and his staff have been in touch with members of the U.S. chip industry in recent days about Russia and Ukraine's supply of chip raw materials, and urging them to find other possible sources, people familiar with the matter said. Alternative sources of supply.

　　The White House declined to comment on the details, but a senior U.S. government official said the U.S. government was ready for a Russian “invasion” of Ukraine, the report said.

　　“Part of that is working with companies to ensure they are prepared for a supply chain disruption should Russia take action to disrupt supply chains,” the senior official said. “We understand that other sources of these critical products are available and are ready to work with us. (U.S.) companies working together to help them secure and diversify supply.”

　　According to RIA Novosti and other foreign media reports, the US media and politicians have frequently hyped the topic of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine. The US government has also threatened that if Russia "invades" Ukraine, the US will impose comprehensive export controls on Russia.

Some U.S. politicians have also taken the lead in sanctioning Russia, and the proposed sanctions include Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Russian side has said that the "invasion" claim is "baseless" and that the United States and the West are creating tensions.

At the end of January, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also expressed dissatisfaction with the Western argument that "war is inevitable", arguing that this is not the case.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said in January that considering that Russia will inevitably respond appropriately to U.S. sanctions, proposing new U.S. sanctions against Russia can be tantamount to proposing to sever ties.