重要物資に電子部品・ウラン　経済安保推進法で追加へ―政府

　政府が、経済安全保障推進法に基づき安定供給を図る「特定重要物資」に電子部品とウランを追加する方針であることが１１日、分かった。中国やロシアを念頭に、特定国への依存度が高い製品や技術の供給途絶リスクに備え、サプライチェーン（供給網）の強靱（きょうじん）化を支援する。
　１１日の自民党経済安全保障推進本部に提示し、了承された。今後、政府の有識者会議などを経て閣議決定する見通し。（2023/10/11-18:17）

The Japanese government will add electronic components and uranium to the list of strategically important things under a law on promoting economic security, it was learned Wednesday.
   The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's economic security task force gave the nod to the government plan the same day, informed sources said.
   To build resilient supply chains for materials and products critical to the country's economic security at a time when China and Russia are their major producers, the government has already designated 11 categories of specified critical material things, such as semiconductors and natural gas.
   Among electronic components to be newly listed, ceramic capacitors are used in wide-ranging products, from automobiles to defense equipment and medical devices. But with government-backed Chinese firms quickly expanding market share, concerns have grown that Japanese makers' technologies will be transferred to them through joint factories.
   Uranium will be added to "important minerals," one of the 11 categories.