TSMC has committed to invest $165 billion to build factories in the US, the report noted. Can Taiwan relocate chip production to US? The Trump administration is aiming to get around 40% of Taiwan's semiconductor production capacity shifted to the US, a target that negotiators from the island country consider "impossible" to achieve, according to an AFP report. With regards to "40 or 50% of production capacity (being) moved to the United States... She added that Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem was like an “iceberg”; the foundation beneath the water is "enormous", adding that “an industrial ecosystem built up over decades cannot be relocated.

Source: Mint February 10, 2026 02:17 UTC