-- U.K. engineering company Smiths Group is planning to make some of its semiconductor testing devices in Texas instead of China, Chief Executive Roland Carter says to the Financial Times.
-- The move--which the company started making last July--reflects years of escalating trade restrictions and supports U.S.-based chip manufacturers who wanted the product in America, FT reports.
-- Smiths' decision is part of the race in the chip-building industry to develop U.S. supply chains, which have been under pressure from Washington to guarantee U.S. supplies of semiconductors to develop artificial intelligence, FT adds.
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