The Global Electronics Association has announced the formation of the Global Electronics Policy Council (GEPC), a new body bringing together leading electronics companies worldwide to advance a coordinated policy agenda across major regions of the electronics supply chain.

The GEPC builds on the Association’s nearly 70-year history of electronics industry advocacy. For the first time, companies across the full electronics value chain — including PCB manufacturers, EMS providers, OEMs, semiconductor suppliers, wire harness and advanced packaging firms — will have a single, structured forum to convert industry consensus into coordinated government engagement.

The Council has been launched amid increasing policy pressure on the electronics industry, including tariff volatility, export controls and competing domestic investment mandates. According to the Global Electronics Association’s trade flows research, global electronics trade totalled $4.5 trillion in 2023, with supply chains more globally interdependent than any other industry. This interdependence makes coordinated advocacy essential.

“No single company or country can navigate this environment alone,” said Thomas Cetta, Senior Vice President, Jabil, and Chairperson of the GEPC. “The Global Electronics Policy Council gives the industry the structure and discipline to speak with one voice on the challenges that matter most and to engage governments with the credibility and accountability that comes from real organisational commitment.”

Unlike informal industry coalitions, the Global Electronics Policy Council is governed by formal bylaws, a defined leadership structure and regional execution arms across North America, Europe, East Asia, and India/Southeast Asia. The Council will produce an approved global policy agenda and annual advocacy plan, issue formal policy positions and testimony, and deliver quarterly reports on government engagement activity.

Inaugural members include AT&S, Flex, Jabil, Plexus, TSMC and TTM Technologies, representing a balanced cross-section of the electronics value chain.

The Council’s advocacy will focus on five priorities drawn from the Global Electronics Association’s 2026 Policy Agenda: safeguarding predictable access to global markets; investing in domestic manufacturing capacity and capability; building robust workforce pipelines for the electronics industry; supporting industry-led technical and sustainability standards while rightsizing regulation; and accelerating technology leadership through collaborative R&D. Regional councils will execute this global framework.

“The GEPC reinforces an essential aspect of our industry: a strong, connected global electronics manufacturing community,” said Chris Mitchell, VP Global Government Relations, Global Electronics Association. “This Council will advance a policy agenda that strengthens supply-chain resilience, accelerates innovation, and secures trusted access to global markets for the 3,200+ member companies.”