Hey, why don’t you give us the one thing that protects you and floats your economy?
Just do it!
Gee, I wonder why other countries would not want to move production to the US after ICE arrested the Koreans who were doing exactly that?
No way to know, I guess.
Especially when the only thing keeping you protected from invasion is that only your country has those production facilities.
It’s quite interesting that no other country has managed to build a chip foundry that would even remotely rival TSMC.
Especially considering they use third-party lithography machines.
And probably it is also the only thing that China wants so that can try to corner the market. But if they move half of the production oversea then they probably will become less appetible for China since they cannot really control the production.
Not that they must do it, just a consideration.
It probably would have been on the table if Kamala had won.
I mean, the democrats just had to have a primary, put in a populist and watch Trump get buried.
Instead we have this.
Why would the Taiwan government give up half of its leverage for US defense and investment if Kamala was president?
Because the Trump administration has proven itself to be dishonest and willing to go back on past agreements.
I’m not sure you’re aware the reputation America has given itself.
Amen to that brother. It was simple and we screwed it.
Who the heck would to move jobs to such an openly racist, bigoted and xenophobic country.
Caught between an Authoritarian and a Fascist.
Poland: First time?
feels almost like someone asked to give up their nukes. Okay maybe that was a bit exaggerated…
Isn’t it already failing anyway? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC_Arizona
Edit: arguable, I have no expertise in fab building so hard for me to say if the deviations from the initial plan have meaningful impact. Also my understanding is that it’s as much an economical partnership as a political one, namely intertwining Taiwan with the US. It’s kind of weakening the “silicon shield” but also create interdependence.
