Warner, Cornyn: Trade provisions might have to be cut from competition bill

Trade policy provisions holding up House and Senate efforts to reconcile China-focused competition bills could be cut so Congress can promptly approve the bill’s centerpiece funding for semiconductor incentive programs, according to the Democratic and Republican sponsors of legislation passed last year to create the still-unfunded chips programs. “I could very easily see the trade title drop out,” Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) said on Thursday during a webinar hosted by the Brookings Institution . Although...