During the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit, U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim signed a new Agreement on Reciprocal Trade that extends Washington’s leverage over Malaysia’s economic policy,…
The Dutch government’s extraordinary decision to take control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned semiconductor manufacturer based in the Netherlands, has intensified geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions in the global technology sector and underscored Europe’s growing alignment with…
Electronics workers joined hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who poured into the streets of Manila on September 21 to commemorate the declaration of martial law and to denounce the Philippine government’s corruption of public funds….
The GoodElectronics Network, Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims (ANROEV), and the Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD), together with the Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC), and the Solidarity…
President Donald Trump has announced sweeping policies on semiconductor imports, warning that companies failing to move production to the United States will face a 100 percent tariff. Trump said his administration would target chipmakers that…
The electronics industry is often seen as “clean” as it operates in sterile factories and produces no obvious smokestacks. Yet behind the glossy image of smartphones and semiconductors lies a toxic legacy of worker exploitation,…
The Turkish government has blocked a planned strike by mineworkers at the state-owned mining giant Eti Maden, invoking “national security” concerns just hours before industrial action was set to begin. The strike, organized by IndustriALL…
Millions of workers across India staged a massive general strike last July 9 in protest against the government’s ongoing erosion of labour rights. Spanning both rural and urban areas, and including workers from formal and…
The Philippine government is ramping up efforts to strengthen its semiconductor and electronics industry—a key export sector that directly and indirectly supports millions of Filipino workers—even as global trade shifts and tariff wars threaten its…
Texas Instruments (TI) is investing over $60 billion in seven new semiconductor fabrication plants across Texas and Utah, a move that will significantly reshape the global electronics manufacturing landscape. This historic expansion—supported by $1.6 billion…