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Taiwan vows most advanced tech will not go to US under $100bn Trump deal | Technology sector
Country’s government says deal with TSMC needs assessment as opposition claims it will reduce defences
Taiwan’s government has promised its most advance semiconductor technology will not be moved to the US under a new $100bn (£79bn) deal signed between the chip maker TSMC and Donald Trump, amid accusations that it is allowing the island’s national security to be undermined. Trump said the deal meant TSMC would avoid the industry-wide 25% tariffs amid efforts to bring more manufacturing to the US and assert US trade dominance over rivals and allies. Koo said the “rapid and strange” changes in the international situation had raised questions about Trump’s core interests, but he believed the cost of a Taiwan war was too high for the US to allow it to happen.
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