A new report out of Taiwan has revealed that the current US administration is tying the reduction on trade of trade tariffs on Taiwan to significant TSMC investment in the US. This investment includes a 49% stake in Intel.
Playing hardball with the US is suicidal high stakes. It can be done, but the alternative is to be taken over by China. The US will lose tremendously, but Taiwanese won’t be happy either under The Poo’s leadership.
TSMC is literally the shield that keeps Taiwan alive. An attack on TSMC foundries is an attack on the most critical supply chains of every western military in the world.
There is no chance they would risk their entire nation and business by getting into that big a fight when there’s a potential alternative, even if that alternative is subsidizing Intel’s failures.
Playing hardball with the US is suicidal high stakes. It can be done, but the alternative is to be taken over by China. The US will lose tremendously, but Taiwanese won’t be happy either under The Poo’s leadership.
As of recently the US can’t be trusted at all either.
Chose your slavemaster.
Not a fair choice. A third option has surely be found by the Taiwanese.
Yeah it’s just a dumbly high stakes game.
TSMC is literally the shield that keeps Taiwan alive. An attack on TSMC foundries is an attack on the most critical supply chains of every western military in the world.
There is no chance they would risk their entire nation and business by getting into that big a fight when there’s a potential alternative, even if that alternative is subsidizing Intel’s failures.