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.
Wasn’t logistics the US’s superpower? I’d expect someone to explain their chief that factories aren’t monolitic objects that can be picked up and delivered to a new location and go right into production?
I dont think you can explain to an importing country that tried to start a tariff war
And it would be a tactical blunder to give the US any access to their current generation of chips. Even more so while Trump is in office. Taiwan should look into ending relationships with the US and getting closer to the EU, South/Central America, and Africa.
Don’t move any of it there. Move some to Japan though.
Guess we’ll just fall behind
I guarantee if they really wanted to, they could pack up a fab and they could move the entire building on a boat.
