Tariffs on digital displays could help avoid US military dependence on China, policy group says

SAN FRANCISCO: Tariffs on digital displays used in TVs and smartphones could help prevent the U.S. military from becoming dependent on China for the critical parts, a policy group chaired by CrowdStrike co-founder and cybersecurity expert Dmitri Alperovitch said in a report released Thursday.

National security experts have warned for several years that China’s rising market share in displays, a critical part of both consumer and defense ‌electronics that ⁠was long ⁠dominated by U.S. allies such as Japan and Korea, could one day make it harder for the U.S. military to source those parts in a conflict.