{"id":30083,"date":"2024-01-26T17:16:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T23:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/?p=30083"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:48:36","slug":"promote-semiconductor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/promote-semiconductor\/","title":{"rendered":"United States convenes summit in Costa Rica to promote semiconductor manufacturing in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The United States convened a regional semiconductor summit in Costa Rica on January 25-26, 2024. The summit&#8217;s aim was to promote investment in semiconductor manufacturing across Latin America.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:360,&quot;335559739&quot;:360,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The initiative stemmed from the U.S. Semiconductor Innovation and Competitiveness Act (CHIPS), passed in 2022. The CHIPS Act allocated funding for developing new technologies, bolstering telecommunications security, and establishing a more efficient supply chain. Panama and Costa Rica emerged as strategic partners for the region.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:360,&quot;335559739&quot;:360,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The summit brought together representatives from regional governments and companies within the semiconductor sector. Discussions focused on regional cooperation, public policies to attract investment, and potential economic development opportunities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:360,&quot;335559739&quot;:360,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The convening of the summit highlighted Costa Rica&#8217;s significance as a regional hub for semiconductor manufacturing. The country housed several sector leaders, including Intel, GlobalFoundries, and NXP. The U.S. government remained committed to collaborating with its Latin American partners to build a more robust and secure semiconductor supply chain. The Costa Rica summit marked a crucial step in this endeavor.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:360,&quot;335559739&quot;:360,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States convened a regional semiconductor summit in Costa&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":30190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43290,"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30083\/revisions\/43290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garciabodan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}