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Taiwan, U.S. are semiconductor partners, not rivals: U.S. scholar
Posted on 2026-07-13 07:56:13
Academics are rejecting U-S President Donald Trump's claim that Taiwan took
America's chip industry.

American scholar Michael Cunningham, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center,
says Taiwan and the United States are partners rather than competitors in
chip production.

He says U-S companies continue to lead in semiconductor design ... while
manufacturing is largely handled by Taiwanese firms, calling it a partnership
that has benefited both sides.

Trump ... in a CNBC interview early this month … said that Taiwan had
"literally took 100 percent" of the semiconductor business ... and predicted
the U-S would have up to 60 percent of chip manufacturing by the time he
leaves office.

However, Cunningham says that's unrealistic, arguing Taiwan's
long-established semiconductor ecosystem cannot be replicated quickly, even
as investment in U.S. chip manufacturing grows.


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