Taiwan Says It Is Assessing the Future Use of Chip Export Curbs

Taiwan said it is assessing the possibility of using chip export controls in its diplomatic efforts, a sign it has not completely abandoned a tool that it briefly threatened to deploy against South Africa.

“Of course, we hope not to have to use these measures but if our counterparts harms our interests, we will need to respond,” Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said at a briefing in Taipei on Wednesday. “This is indeed among the options under assessment, though that does not necessarily mean they will all be implemented.”