In news from and about Taiwan this morning,

U-S President Donald Trump has announced that Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing plans to invest an additional 100-billion dollars in the United
States.

Appearing with T-S-M-C's chief executive officer C. C. Wei at the White
House, Trump described the investment as a "tremendous move" and "a matter of
economic security."

When asked if the new investment could minimize impact on the U-S should
China either isolate or seize Taiwan, Trump said he couldn't say "minimize"
because "that would be a catastrophic event obviously."

Trump also did not say if the investment would provide security for the
island.

Meanwhile, Wei told reporters that the investment will be for three more
chip manufacturing plants, along with two packaging facilities, in the state
of Arizona.

According to Wei, the 100-billion dollars is on top of the 65-billion dollars
that was already announced and the investment "is going to create thousands
of high-paying jobs"