U.S. Tariffs Pose Challenges for Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry

Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump falsely stated that Taiwan stole the United States’ semiconductor industry. Now in the White House, Trump is threatening tariffs while pressuring Taiwanese chip firms to move manufacturing to the United States.

On the latest episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus reporter Alec MacDonald speaks with Marco Mezger, Chief Operating Officer at Neumonda, to understand how today’s policy decisions will affect Taiwan’s semiconductor industry in the long term.