US Seeks Intel Stake in Exchange for Federal Grants

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โ€˜We should get an equity stake for our money,โ€™ Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.

The U.S. government is seeking an equity stake in chipmaker Intel, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Aug. 19.

In November 2024, the previous administration awarded Intel nearly $11 billion in grants from the CHIPS and Science Actโ€”legislation designed to bolster U.S. semiconductor productionโ€”to support its domestic manufacturing investment plans.

Rather than giving away grants, President Donald Trump thinks the United States โ€œshould get the benefit of the bargain,โ€ according to Lutnick.

โ€œWe should get an equity stake for our money, so weโ€™ll deliver the money which was already committed under the Biden administration,โ€ Lutnick told CNBCโ€™s โ€œSquawk on the Streetโ€ in Tuesdayโ€™s interview. โ€œWeโ€™ll get equity in return for it, get a good return for the American taxpayer instead of just giving grants away.โ€

The federal government would not obtain a voting stake or governance rights to direct Intelโ€™s operations through the investment, he said. Lutnick did not disclose the governmentโ€™s proposed total stake in Intel.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Epoch Times at an Aug. 19 press briefing that the Department of Commerce continues to โ€œiron out the detailsโ€ to secure a government stake in Intel.

โ€œThe president wants to put Americaโ€™s needs first from a security and economic perspective,โ€ Leavitt said. โ€œItโ€™s a creative idea that has never been done before to ensure that weโ€™re both reshoring these critical supply chains while also gaining something in return.โ€

The administrationโ€™s newest policy initiative comes as the $110 billion company announced Japanโ€™s SoftBank will invest $2 billion in Intel common stock to โ€œdeepen their commitment to investing in advanced technology and semiconductor innovation in the United States.โ€

Shares of Intel increased by as much as 11 percent during the Aug. 19 trading session, bringing the stockโ€™s year-to-date gain to about 27 percent.

Earlier this month, Trump urged Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign over alleged ties to Chinese technology companies.

โ€œThe CEO of Intel is highly conflicted and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem,โ€ Trump said in an Aug. 7 post on Truth Social.

Days later, on Aug. 11, after meeting with Tan, the president said in a Truth Social post: โ€œThe meeting was a very interesting one. His success and rise is an amazing story. Mr. Tan and my Cabinet members are going to spend time together, and bring suggestions to me during the next week.โ€

Ultimately, Lutnick said, the administration aims to help Intel succeed and ensure that the United States becomes a global leader in chip production.

โ€œWe want Intel to be successful in America,โ€ he said. โ€œWeโ€™d like an American transistor built in America, right? Weโ€™d like an American to be doing that.โ€

By Andrew Moran

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