Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) looked to be in the crosshairs of the White House after U.S. President Donald Trump floated at least

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There is no need for one country to control the semiconductor industry, which is complex and needs a division of labour, Taiwan's top technology official said on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump criticised the island's chip dominance.

President Donald Trump is eyeing a “25% or higher” tariff on all semiconductor chips the United States imports, with rates likely to “go very substantially higher over a course of a year,” he told reporters on Tuesday.

Even as he's vowed to push the United States ahead in artificial intelligence research, President Donald Trump's threats to alter federal government contracts with chipmakers and slap new tariffs on the semiconductor industry may put new speed bumps in front of the tech industry.

President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of around 25% on auto imports as well as semiconductor chips and pharmaceuticals shipped to the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Taiwan had taken semiconductor chip business away from the United States and that he wanted it back.

President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of around 25% on auto imports, semiconductor (computer/phone) chips, and pharmaceuticals shipped to the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 25% tariff on imported automobiles, along with steep duties on pharmaceuticals and semiconductor chips. The move, part of his broader trade agenda,