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Taiwan says 40% shift of chip capacity to US is 'impossible'
Taiwan's Vice Premier says the island's semiconductor ecosystem built over decades cannot be relocated despite $165 billion in investments by Taiwanese firms in the U.S.
- In a televised interview, Taiwan's lead negotiator Cheng Li-chiun said relocating 40 or 50% of production capacity to the United States is impossible.
- Washington's push included a 40% target floated by Howard Lutnick, U.S. Commerce Secretary, and a deal last month to cut tariffs to 15% while Taiwan agreed to increase investment.
- Taiwanese firms pledged US$250 billion in U.S. investments plus US$250 billion in credit guarantees, with Taiwan's capacity far exceeding overseas investments, Cheng said.
- Taiwan's negotiators said Taiwan will not relocate its science parks but can share expertise, and the deal now awaits approval from Taiwan's opposition-controlled Legislature.
- U.S. officials argued semiconductor production should not all be 80 miles from China, while Howard Lutnick warned tariffs on Taiwan could rise to 100% if reshoring fails; Taiwan says expansion depends on staying rooted at home.
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Taiwan strongly rejects the idea of moving 40% of its semiconductor manufacturing capacity to the United States, calling it “impossible.”
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The Manila TimesTaiwan says 'impossible' to move 40 percent chip capacity to US
Taiwan's top tariffs negotiator said it would be "impossible" to shift 40% of its semiconductor production capacity to the United States as she rejected claims that the island's chip industry would relocate.
Moving 40% of Taiwan chip production to U.S. 'impossible': Vice premier
Taiwan's trade negotiators told the United States that Taipei would not relocate 40 percent of its semiconductor production to the U.S., and that its most advanced technologies would remain in Taiwan, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) said Sunday.
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