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The Taiwanese chip giant TSMC\u2019s plan to invest $100 billion in the United States has been met with anxiety and criticism in its home country.<\/p>\n

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President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan on Thursday sought to reassure his citizens that a plan by a Taiwanese chip giant to spend $100 billion in the United States<\/a> would benefit the island, after the company\u2019s pledge this week raised concerns at home.<\/p>\n

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world\u2019s largest chip manufacturer, announced on Monday that over the next four years it would expand its operations in Arizona to make chips for artificial intelligence and other high-tech applications. President Trump has pressed Taiwan to loosen its dominance in advanced semiconductors and to move production to the United States, and he has warned of hefty tariffs if his demands are not met.<\/p>\n

But TSMC\u2019s announcement also stirred debate and misgivings in Taiwan, a democratically governed island where many people see the chip sector as a vital economic pillar and a shield against possible aggression by China, which claims it is part of its territory. The commitment from TSMC would lift its planned spending in the United States to $165 billion, more than double its previous commitments there.<\/p>\n

Mr. Lai, in a news conference in Taipei on Thursday with C.C. Wei, the chief executive of TSMC, asserted that the plan was good for TSMC, Taiwan and the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe have seen every time that with each initiative by TSMC, TSMC has grown even stronger and more competitive, while also providing Taiwan\u2019s businesses with opportunities for international cooperation and contributing to Taiwan\u2019s greater strength,\u201d Mr. Lai told reporters at the presidential office. He said that Taiwan could now \u201cconfidently cross the Pacific Ocean and expand eastward to the American continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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TSMC is the world\u2019s largest chip manufacturer. The company said it would spend $100 billion to make chips for artificial intelligence and other high-tech applications in Arizona.<\/span>I-Hwa Cheng\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Taiwanese chip giant TSMC\u2019s plan to invest $100 billion in the United States has been met with anxiety and criticism in its home country.President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan on Thursday sought to reassure his citizens that a plan by a Taiwanese chip giant to spend $100 billion in the United States would benefit the island, after the company\u2019s pledge this week raised concerns at home.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world\u2019s largest chip manufacturer, announced on Monday that over the next four years it would expand its operations in Arizona to make chips for artificial intelligence and other high-tech applications. President Trump has pressed Taiwan to loosen its dominance in advanced semiconductors and to move production to the United States, and he has warned of hefty tariffs if his demands are not met.But TSMC\u2019s announcement also stirred debate and misgivings in Taiwan, a democratically governed island where many people see the chip sector as a vital economic pillar and a shield against possible aggression by China, which claims it is part of its territory. The commitment from TSMC would lift its planned spending in the United States to $165 billion, more than double its previous commitments there.Mr. Lai, in a news conference in Taipei on Thursday with C.C. Wei, the chief executive of TSMC, asserted that the plan was good for TSMC, Taiwan and the United States.\u201cWe have seen every time that with each initiative by TSMC, TSMC has grown even stronger and more competitive, while also providing Taiwan\u2019s businesses with opportunities for international cooperation and contributing to Taiwan\u2019s greater strength,\u201d Mr. Lai told reporters at the presidential office. He said that Taiwan could now \u201cconfidently cross the Pacific Ocean and expand eastward to the American continent.\u201dTSMC is the world\u2019s largest chip manufacturer. The company said it would spend $100 billion to make chips for artificial intelligence and other high-tech applications in Arizona.I-Hwa Cheng\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty ImagesWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23380,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23381,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23378\/revisions\/23381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}