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☆ Taiwan stole America’s chip industry according to Trump. But that’s not true
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Wayne Chang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Industry experts tell CNN that, far from stealing, Taiwan grew its own semiconductor industry organically through a combination of foresight, hard work and investment. The only possible strength that Taiwan had, and even that was a potential one, not an obvious one, was semiconductor manufacturing,” he said. Billionaire Morris Chang, chairman and founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on October 6, 2017. It now produces more than 90% of the world’s advanced chips, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. “Taiwan has very good tech talent and an environment for research, development and investment.

Persons: Donald Trump, Morris Chang, Chang, “, ”, Billionaire Morris Chang, Wang, Christopher Miller, Miller, TSMC, ” Konrad Young, ” Young, Cho Jung, ” Cho, Trump, Trump’s, Joe Biden, Young Organizations: Taiwan CNN — Former, Bloomberg Businessweek, Republican, Industry, CNN, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Intel, Motorola, Texas, Computer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Bloomberg, Getty, Semiconductor Industry Association, Technology, Samsung Electronics, US, Trump Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, United States, Mountain View , California, Hsinchu, Washington, “ Taiwan, China, ”, South Korea, Arizona

☆ Could a Trump-Vance win reshape America’s relationship with China – and Taiwan?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Vance was swift to name China the “biggest threat to our country,” in an interview with Fox News Monday as the RNC got underway. He’s made countering what Washington says is a security threat from China a cornerstone of his foreign policy, even as he’s worked to stabilize communications with Beijing. And Beijing – which is grappling with its own economic woes – may be preparing for more friction if Trump takes office. The substance of Biden’s China policy – in terms of sanctions, tariffs and competition – has not been that different from Trump’s, she noted, and Biden has been keener on strengthening alliances and coalitions to counter China together. “But the style of Biden’s China policy is more predictable and stabilizing.

Persons: Donald Trump, JD Vance, Vance, Joe Biden, “, ”, ” Vance, Trump, China –, That’s, ’ Vance, Sergey Lavrov, Vance doesn’t, Marco Rubio, Xi Jinping, He’s, he’s, ” Brian Wong, Qilai Shen, Biden, They’ve, Cho Jung, ” Cho, Yun Sun, –, keener Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Republican, Republican National Convention, Chinese Communist Party, Foreign, Trump, NATO, Ukraine, Fox News, RNC, University of Hong Kong’s, Contemporary, of, People, Bloomberg, Getty, Communist Party, Bloomberg Businessweek, US, China’s Foreign Ministry, Stimson Center, World Trade Locations: Hong Kong, Ohio, Washington, China, Asia, Beijing, Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Russian, America, Florida, Contemporary China, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan Strait, Japan, South Korea, US

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Wednesday with Australia's S&P/ASX 200 reaching an all-time high, while an increase in business optimism among large Japanese manufacturers lifted Japanese stocks. Japan's Nikkei 225 declined 0.43% to close at 41,097.69, while the Topix rose 0.37% to end at 2,915.21. The Taiwan Weighted Index fell 0.77% after a report cited U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump saying that Taiwan should pay the U.S. for defense. I think, Taiwan should pay us for defense," Trump said in interview with Bloomberg Businessweek in June that was published on Tuesday. On a month-on-month basis, Singapore's non-oil domestic unexpectedly dropped 0.4%, compared with a expectations of a 4.1% growth.

Persons: Australia's, Donald Trump, Trump, Cho Jung, TSMC, Georges Elhedery, Elhedery, Noel Quinn Organizations: Reuters, U.S ., Nikkei, Northern Star Resources, Bellevue, Mining, Newmont Corporation, CSI, Republican, Bloomberg Businessweek, Taiwan, HSBC Holdings, Hong Locations: Asia, Pacific, Gold, Taiwan, Hong Kong

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