Hahahaha oh brilliant move.
The US is scared of the impending doom created when China invades Taiwan and takes over all chip production in a matter of a few months.
Nothing the US has can stop that when it starts, there can only be a deterrent, but that works only so far…
On the other hand it sees a solution to just hamfistedly claim 50% of the chipproduction to be local in the USA, easily forgetting the work ethics of the average American don’t fit for that scenario, let alone how the government is wrecking the needed education for a decade or two to come at least…
Currently the US needs an independent Taiwan because that’s where all their chips come from. Makes sense for the US to move production to the US where it’s less vulnerable to Chinese takeover, but that also means that the US won’t need Taiwan to be independent anymore.
Bingo.
What is it about these chips that makes them so special? Are they for something practical or are they for advanced weapons or AI? Why does a country need them so badly?
Currently they make the best ones and are basically the only ones that can. These chips go into most cutting edge electronics such as AI
Taiwan is a major center for chip manufactoring and development. Being a vital supplier for the U.S., Taiwan was protected by the U.S. as far as possible without openly disagreeing with mainland (communist) China. One could argue that Taiwan’s chip industry has essentially protected the island from being invaded or nuked by mainland China. Without their advantage in chips and implied cover by the U.S. military, Taiwan would be under direct threat by mainland China “unification”.
Oh this isn’t good.
They prop up all of our biggest companies. World war III could sneakily start in the south China sea. Over this.
China is already making moves to go to war with Taiwan. It’s likely going to start in 2026.
Rely on the US, get extorted. The US has no friends, only colonies to exploit and pillage
Suddenly reunification with the mainland was on the table after years of tactfully avoiding the topic.
Whose asset is this trump character, anyway?
This is all about covering his own blunder.
He’s realized his tarrifs aren’t doing much to bring manufacturing to the USA, so now he’ll threaten to abandon his allies instead if they don’t prop up his idiotic economic policy.
I’ve been lucky enough to see the real deal in deposition layering testing and research for chip making. From clean-room methods stricter than bio and radiological test lab standards to seeing the wafers with a shimmer even more gorgeous than diamonds to me. It’s so far beyond
We just ain’t going to manage to make that a nation-wide mainstay. We might be able to have started to approach the technical side of things if investments and education were started in the early 90s, but our culture just isn’t up to snuff to keep it going. So much of a society’s culture bleeds into business, and damn do they have it locked down where it needs to be.
LOL. That’s not even a real ask. It’s like if I walked into work tomorrow and asked for a 200% raise.
