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    Taiwan pledges chip talks with US, more investment to mollify Trump

    ZamZam UpdateBy ZamZam UpdateFebruary 14, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Taiwan President Lai Ching-te pledged on Friday to speak with the USA about President Donald Trump’s issues over the chip business and to take a position extra in and purchase extra from the nation, whereas ramping up defence spending.

    Trump spoke critically about Taiwan on Thursday, saying he aimed to revive U.S. manufacturing of semiconductor chips and repeating claims about Taiwan having taken away the business he needed again in the USA.

    Chatting with reporters after holding a gathering of the Nationwide Safety Council on the presidential workplace, Lai mentioned that the worldwide semiconductor provide chain is an “ecosystem” through which the division of labor amongst varied nations is essential.

    “We in fact are conscious of President Trump’s issues,” Lai mentioned.

    “Taiwan’s authorities will talk and talk about with the semiconductor business and give you good methods. Then we are going to give you good proposals and have interaction in additional discussions with the USA,” he added.

    Democratic nations together with the USA ought to come collectively to construct a world alliance for AI chips and a “democratic provide chain” for superior chips, Lai mentioned.

    “Whereas admittedly we now have the benefit in semiconductors, we additionally see it as Taiwan’s accountability to contribute to the prosperity of the worldwide neighborhood.”

    Taiwan is residence to the world’s largest contract chipmaker, TSMC (2330.TW), a serious provider to corporations together with Apple (AAPL.O), and Nvidia (NVDA.O), and an important a part of the creating AI business.

    TSMC is investing $65 billion in new factories within the U.S. state of Arizona, a mission begun in 2020 underneath Trump’s first administration.

    TSMC’s Taipei-listed shares closed down 2.8% on Friday, underperforming the broader market (.TWII), which ended off 1.1%.

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    The USA, like most nations, has no formal diplomatic ties with Chinese language-claimed Taiwan, however is the democratically ruled island’s most essential worldwide backer and arms provider.

    Trump cheered Taiwan final week after a joint U.S.-Japan assertion following Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s go to to Washington known as for “sustaining peace and stability throughout the Taiwan Strait”, and voiced help for “Taiwan’s significant participation in worldwide organizations.”

    However Taiwan additionally runs a big commerce surplus with the USA, which surged 83% final yr, with the island’s exports to the U.S. hitting a file $111.4 billion, pushed by demand for high-tech merchandise similar to semiconductors.

    Lai mentioned that the USA is Taiwan’s largest overseas funding vacation spot and that Taiwan is the USA’ most dependable commerce accomplice.

    Trump has additionally beforehand criticised Taiwan, which faces a rising navy menace from China, for not spending sufficient on defence, a criticism he has fabricated from many U.S. allies.

    “Taiwan should reveal our willpower to defend ourselves,” Lai mentioned, including his authorities is working to suggest a particular price range this yr to spice up defence spending from 2.5% of its GDP to three%.

    His authorities is concerned in a standoff with parliament, the place opposition events maintain a majority, over cuts to the price range, together with defence spending.

    “Actually, increasingly pals and allies have expressed concern to us, frightened whether or not Taiwan’s willpower for its self-defence has weakened,” Lai mentioned.

    Supply: www.reuters.com



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