; and (B) such support is— (i) designed to support the development of strategic supply chains in countries other than the People's Republic of China; or (ii) necessary to preempt or counter efforts by a strategic competitor of the United States to secure significant political or economic leverage or acquire national security-sensitive technologies or infrastructure in a country that is an ally or partner of the United States. (g) Duties and subsidies An entity organized under the laws of an Americas partner country or another country, as the President considers appropriate, that is part of a strategic supply chain shall be treated not less favorably than a United States person with respect to duties, subsidies, and other related issues. (h) Millennium Challenge Corporation The Millennium Challenge Corporation may provide assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq. ) to an Americas partner country or another country, as the President considers appropriate, for purposes of supporting the near-shoring of strategic supply chains without regard to— (1) any requirement of that Act relating to competitive procedures