Taiwan Quietly Urges US to Calm Rhetoric on China Chip Risk
- Taiwan worries US rhetoric harms its business interests
- Warren Buffett cut TSMC holdings over geopolitical risks
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Spooked by the threat that China might invade Taiwan, the US wants to cut its dependence on the island’s world-beating microchips. Officials in Taipei believe the Biden administration is going too far.
In quiet conversations and back-channel warnings, Taiwanese officials have urged their American counterparts to tone down their rhetoric about the dangers of relying on chips made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.