08.02.2025
An extra measure has been added to the proposed US defense budget that would see iPhone screen supplier BOE being investigated as a firm that potentially aids China's military.BOE is
BOE is an iPhone display supplier
BOE is the firm that despite once losing all its Apple orders over making unauthorized manufacturing changes, has become a significant supplier of iPhone displays and is expanding its facilities in the hopes of growing still further. It's also facing a potential ban from the US International Trade Commission (ITC), and could now be the subject of a defense investigation.
According to Reuters, the investigation has been added to the US defense budget currently under review. The budget is a bipartisan $852 billion defense spending plan for 2026, and has so far been passed by key committees in both houses of Congress.
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