TSMC Gets a Reprieve From Trump's 100% Chip Tariffs Thanks to Its U.S. Factories, Taiwan Says

TSMC gets a reprieve from Trump's 100% chip tariffs thanks to its U.S. factories, Taiwan says

Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC “is exempt” from U.S. President Donald Trump’s 100% tariff on semiconductor chips, Taipei said Thursday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world’s largest contract maker of chips and counts Nvidia and Apple among its clients. “Because Taiwan’s main exporter is TSMC, which has factories in the United States, TSMC is exempt,” National Development Council chief Liu Chin-ching told a briefing in parlia…

TSMC Shares Rise to Record on Optimism Over US Tariff Exemption

Taiwan said its leading chip manufacturer will not have to pay a 100% tariff on sales to the US, helping drive Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. shares to a record.

Trump's Tariff Blow to Taiwan

By: Jens KastnerWere Taiwan’s tech crown jewel TSMC and state-run oil refiner CPC Corp presented to tariff pressure maven Donald Trump, the US President, on a silver plate for nothing? Taiwan’s external trade nightmare came true on July 31 when the White House announced a 20 percent blanket tariff on Taiwan, 5 percent higher than those inflicted on the island’s head-on competitors Japan and South Korea.That came despite commitments under politic…

Taiwan says TSMC will not have to pay 100% tariffs on US chip imports, as it has set up US plants; UMC may see reduced impact through its cooperation with Intel

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Taiwan says TSMC ‘exempt’ from Trump’s 100% chip tariff

The Taiwanese chipmaking giant is the world's largest contract maker of chips and counts Nvidia and Apple among its clients.