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- The US House and Senate reached a deal on the combined ROAD to Housing Act, eliminating burdensome build-to-rent provisions.
- Housing developments with grocery anchors like Costco or Safeway may face less NIMBY opposition due to trusted retailer co-sponsorship.
- The Squamish Nation in Canada built the massive Senakw housing project on restored land, free from Vancouver's restrictive planning rules, expected to generate C$10 billion.
- Phoenix Semiconductor is recreating obsolete microchips for long-life military equipment like F/A-18 Super Hornet jets.
- The Trump Administration invoked the Defense Production Act to address supply constraints in munitions manufacturing.
- China's export restrictions on indium phosphide (InP), a critical material for AI data center photonics, are causing supply bottlenecks in the US.
- Two Michigan lawmakers proposed a bill to ban Chinese cars from entering the US, adding to existing EV tariffs.
- The IEA released its 2026 electric vehicle trends report, and RAND published a report on China's industrial policy evolution.
- The US is concerned that China may possess one of ASML's most advanced EUV lithography machines.