‘Impossible’ to move 40% chip capacity to US: officialBy Wen-Yee Lee and Ben Blanchard / Reuters, TAIPEIIt would be "impossible" to move 40 percent of Taiwan's semiconductor capacity to the US, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) said yesterday, pushing back against recent comments by US officials who called for a major production shift. "I have made it very clear to the US that this is impossible," she said, referring to the 40 percent goal the US has floated. Photo: BloombergThat ecosystem would continue to grow in Taiwan, Cheng said, adding that the semiconductor industry would keep investing at home. "You can't have all semiconductor manufacturing 80 miles [129km] from China," he said. "When we leave office my goal, for this administration, is 40 percent market share in leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing," he said.

Source: Taipei Times February 09, 2026 04:02 UTC