The Global Electronics Association announced the formation of the Global Electronics Policy Council (GEPC), a new body designed to unite leading electronics companies worldwide to advance coordinated policy positions on trade, investment, and supply chain issues.
The GEPC provides a formal structure for companies across the full electronics value chain including PCB manufacturers, EMS providers, OEMs, semiconductor suppliers, wire harness, and advanced packaging firms to develop and execute joint government engagement. It builds on the Association’s nearly 70-year history of industry advocacy.
The Council was formed amid rising policy pressures including tariff volatility, export controls, and domestic investment requirements. Global electronics trade reached $4.5 trillion in 2023.
The GEPC operates under formal bylaws with a defined leadership structure and regional execution arms covering North America, Europe, East Asia, and India/Southeast Asia. It will maintain a global policy agenda, annual advocacy plan, formal policy positions, testimony, and quarterly reporting on engagement activities.
Thomas Cetta, Senior Vice President at Jabil and chairperson of the GEPC, stated that the Council enables the industry to speak with one voice on key challenges.
Inaugural members include AT&S, Flex, Jabil, Plexus, TSMC, and TTM Technologies.
The Council’s advocacy focuses on five priorities: safeguarding predictable access to global markets, investing in domestic manufacturing capacity and capability, building robust workforce pipelines, supporting industry-led technical and sustainability standards while rightsizing regulation, and accelerating technology leadership through collaborative R&D.
Chris Mitchell, VP Global Government Relations at the Global Electronics Association, said the GEPC will advance policies that strengthen supply-chain resilience, accelerate innovation, and secure access to global markets for the Association’s more than 3,200 member companies.
