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Intel Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger flew to Wroclaw, Poland, to announce a new $4.6 billion chip facility in the 1,000-year-old university town, marking a record US investment in the country. Micron is close to an agreement to commit at least $1 billion toward setting up a semiconductor packaging factory in India, people familiar with the matter said.

Micron: Intel Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger flew to Wroclaw, Poland, to announce a new $4.6 billion chip facility in the 1,000-year-old university town, marking a record US investment in the country.

Collaboration between Taiwan and the EU helps ensure and strengthen the resilience of supply chains, said vice minister of Taiwans Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Chuan-Neng Lin.

>> so, tara, what do you make of the presidents message today, because this comes after he essentially took credit earlier this week via twitter for countries cutting diplomatic ties to qatar? >> i think he is obviously unclear of his position on this, and weve seen this with trump. i mean, even with the syria crisis, he said assad should stay in power, and then a week later said that they need to remove him from power. he is really doing shoot by the hip diplomacy, and we could hear something c...

Ambassador russia and msnbc contributor. tara, let me start with you, this phone call coming at a time when the relationship between russia and the u.s. is a bit strained to say the least. is this call itself a signal that the trump administration is trying to improve that relationship? >> the trump administration and during the campaign theyve said that they wanted to have warmer relationships with russia, so, obviously, theyve hit an all-time low after the syria missile attack and when trump h...

That statement was so brief that it did raise some eyebrows, but a number of your correspondents have already talked about this as a test for president trump. in a way, there would be greater danger if he gave what was perceived as an intemperate statement or if he seemed to be stealing the stage from the japanese prime minister, so i think he erred on the side of caution, which is not something that we normally necessarily expect from president trump. >> that is a comprehensive analogy of a str...

>> reporter: republicans also tried to open a new front by charging the obama administration has failed to tap a 2.2 billion dollar security fund. >> we believe they didnt want the appearance of needing the security, and we want to put real security ahead of the appearance of not needing security. > >> reporter: the state department said theyre reviewing that charge, and obama campaign officials insist republicans are politicizing the terror attack. >> you know what?t need wing td cowboys. we do...

Of state rex tillerson, our great generals and military people, the time had come to call on qatar to end its funding. they have to end that funding. and its extremist ideology in terms of funding. >> so, tara, what do you make of the presidents message today, because this comes after he essentially took credit earlier this week via twitter for countries cutting diplomatic ties to qatar? >> i think he is obviously unclear of his position on this, and weve seen this with trump. i mean, even with ...