March data from White Horse Laboratories highlights a continued focus on circuit reliability, component precision, and supplier diversity – key factors in navigating today’s increasingly complex electronics supply chain. We also observed persistent risks in switch-related devices and notable failure rates even among well-known brands.

The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered Amazon Japan to pay ¥35 million in damages to a Japanese distributor of a medical device, ruling that the platform’s failure to remove Chinese counterfeit products — which appeared on the site as if they were the same product — led to a loss in sales.

China’s export controls on rare earths could cause production delays and higher costs in the semiconductor industry as soon as next year, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Associate Director Karl Breidenbach told EE Times.

The global semiconductor industry is no longer just about manufacturing silicon wafers—it has become a battlefield for geopolitical dominance, economic power, and technological supremacy. As of early 2025, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

America’s advanced weapons manufacturers are likely to face a critical shortfall of key rare-earth minerals that they import from China as a consequence of Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with Beijing. New export licensing restrictions imposed by China on seven rare earths are like to cause disruptions in supply to more than a dozen US defence and aerospace companies...

April 14 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is proceeding with probes into imports of pharmaceuticals and semiconductors as part of a bid to impose tariffs on both sectors on grounds that extensive reliance on foreign production of medicine and chips is a national security threat, Federal Register filings on Monday showed.

President Trump signaled on Monday that he would soon announce additional tariffs targeting imported computer chips and pharmaceuticals, while suggesting he could also move to relax levies on imported cars and auto parts.

IPC, the global electronics association, welcomes the exclusion of key electronics components and technologies (laptops and smartphones) from recently imposed reciprocal tariff measures. These exclusions—covering components, computer parts, telecommunications equipment, and other critical inputs—reflect the importance of the interconnected nature of today’s global electronics supply chains.