Claims

To attract semiconductor manufacturing investment from major firms in other countries, the U.S. and allies must ensure that intellectual property regimes are robust and that technology transfer is well-protected so that companies do not lose control of their proprietary technology, and firms will not invest or establish facilities in a country without these assurances.

Anti-trust laws and regulations that protected small businesses from mega-corporation consolidation have been eliminated through deregulation; Glass-Steagall Act repeal (1999) and Telecommunications Act (1996) enabled banks and media companies to consolidate into handful of mega-corporations