Taiwan not moving 40% of chip production to US: vice premierStaff writer, with CNATaiwanese trade negotiators told Washington that Taipei would not relocate 40 percent of its semiconductor production to the US, and that its most advanced technologies would remain in the nation, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) said on Sunday. “I told the US side, we can’t distribute production capacity, but we can expand our layout in the US,” she said. Taiwan’s science parks would not be relocated to the US, she said, adding that she had made it clear during negotiations that Taiwan’s most advanced semiconductor technology would not be transferred to other countries. Taiwanese semiconductor companies “will only rationally expand their investments to other countries after they have set up factories in Taiwan and confirmed they can mass produce,” Cheng said. For that reason, the most advanced R&D and manufacturing processes must be “carried out first in Taiwan,” she added.

Source: Taipei Times February 09, 2026 16:09 UTC