Taiwan President Lai Ching-Te on Friday promised to talk about the concerns about President Donald Trump’s concerns on the chip industry with the United States and to talk about the sun and buy more than the country, while he is therefore defense Spend more.
Trump on Thursday made an important point about Taiwan, stating that he aims to restore the American construction of semiconductor chips and repeat the claims about Taiwan, which took the return industry to the United States to come back to the United States. Were.
Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting of the National Security Council at the President’s Office, Lai said that the Global semiconductor supply chain is an ecosystem in which the division of work between different countries is important.
“We are definitely aware of President Trump’s concerns,” Lai said.
“Taiwan’s government will communicate and discuss with the semiconductor industry and come up with good strategies. Then we will come up with good proposals and engage in further discussion with the United States,” Hey said.
Democratic countries, including the United States, should come together to create a global alliance for AI chips and a “democratic supply chain” for advanced chips, Lai said.
“While obviously we have benefits in semiconductor, we see it as Taiwan’s responsibility to contribute to the prosperity of the international community.”
Taiwan is a major supplier and developing AI industry for companies including the world’s largest contract chipmaker, TSMC, Apple and NVIDIA.
TSMC is investing $ 65 billion in new factories in the US state of Arizona, a project started in 2020 under Trump’s first administration.
TSMC’s Taipei-list shares closed 2.8% on Friday, which reduced the wider market, which ended by 1.1%.
Talking to reporters on the condition of anonymity to speak more independently, the Taiwan Security Officer said that if TSMC estimates that it is possible to blow up its American investment, then Taiwan’s government of Taiwan in the United States Will help in conversation together.
TSMC did not immediately respond to the remarks request.
Officially stated that the communication between Taiwan and American Economic, Safety and Defense Officers was “quite good” and “strong support from the United States may be felt”.
American support
The United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic relations with Chinese-Dawa Taiwan, but is the most important international backer and arms supplier of the island democratically ruled.
Trump last week after a joint US-Japan statement to Taiwan after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s visit to Washington “Taiwan Strait for Taiwan’s meaning and full participation in international organizations” for full participation “for full participation” After the journey, he was happy after a United American-Japan statement.
But Taiwan ran a large trade surplus with the United States, increased by 83% last year, with the record of $ 111.4 billion to the US with the export of the island, demanding the discovery of high -tech products as a semiconductor. was inspired.
Lai said the United States is Taiwan’s largest foreign investment destination, and Taiwan is the most reliable trade partner in the United States.
Trump has previously criticized Taiwan, facing increasing military threat from China, not spending enough on defense, a criticism that he has created from many American colleagues.
“Taiwan must demonstrate our determination to defend himself,” Lee said, linking your government is working to propose a special budget this year so that the defense spending is 2.5% of GDP’s 2.5% of GDP Can be increased by 3%.
His government is involved in a deadlock with Parliament, where opposition parties have held a majority to cut budget including defense spending.
“Surely, more and more friends and colleagues have expressed concern us, worried whether Taiwan’s determination for self -defense has weakened,” Lai said.
