#Helium shortage has started impacting #tech #SupplyChains
Tightened supply of helium due to the #MiddleEast #war has started affecting production in global tech supply chains, leaving companies scrambling to secure alternative supplies, industry execs said.
Helium is used in several key stages of chipmaking, including cooling, leak detection & precision manufacturing processes, & its prices have soared since the crisis began.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Trump #economy
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/helium-shortage-has-started-impacting-tech-supply-chains-execs-say-2026-03-26/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
@BenjaminHCCarr
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#routers in the US must have #trusted #supplychains #supplychainsecurity
That's right, so even if made in country, some of the router parts, might make this #RouterBan unproductive
Also, what about TVs?
See the 3min segment on the hacking of TVs in #Taiwan after the #Pelosi 2022 visit.
#BBC ⭕3min segment, #AudreyTang
BBC Clash of the #Superpowers America and #China 2026
#TiredOfWinning yet, America?
#CTV Mar 23, 2026
Canada can protect rules-basd #InternationalTrade, resist pressure frm superpowrs by working more w/ the Americas, shoring up #SupplyChains & strengthening economic ties, #CostaRica’s #trade minister sed on recent #Ottawa visit
“We share same vision o type o world we would like 2 live in,” #ManuelTovarRivera sed in interview w/ #TheCanadianPress. “Canada has enormous opportunities in our hemisphere"

Canada can protect rules-based international trade and resist pressure from superpowers by working more with the Americas, shoring up supply chains and strengthening economic ties, Costa Rica’s trade minister said on a recent visit to Ottawa.