It would be “impossible” to move 40% of Taiwan’s semiconductor capacity to the U.S., the island’s top tariff negotiator said, pushing back against recent comments by American officials who called for a major production shift.
In an interview with Taiwanese television channel CTS that was broadcast late on Sunday, Taiwan Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said she had made it clear to Washington that Taiwan’s semiconductor ecosystem, built up over decades, could not be relocated.
“I have made it very clear to the United States that this is impossible,” she said, referring to the 40% goal the U.S. has floated.
That ecosystem will continue to grow in Taiwan, Cheng said, adding that the semiconductor industry would keep investing at home.
Why give up your advantage? Taiwan doesn’t need to sell the chips to the US, the US needs their chips. There is no reason to hand over the technology, know how, or anything.
I was responding to someone saying send some to Japan.
I was merely stating that moving the fabs is silly.
They are near impossible to move yeah, it’s as much the building and filtration systems and set up a anything I think.
They would have little incentive to move either, that production is the only reason they are supported militarily against china. The president is threatening to put tarriffs on them, when we need their chips they don’t need to sell those chips to us, and where their entire existence depends on that production.
I don’t see how the president thinks he has any leverage over them with tarriffs, the leverage is in military support, their economy can hold it’s own.
Don’t tell him that…