Trump wants to kill CHIPS Act, saying tariff threat prompted TSMC’s new $100 billion bet
WASHINGTON — Touting the $100 billion expansion TSMC announced on March 3, President Donald Trump boasted that he’d lured the chipmaker not with subsidies but with a threat of tariffs on imported semiconductors. The Taiwan giant is already building a $65 billion complex in Phoenix with three fabrication facilities, or fabs. Much of the new investment will be used to add three more fabs. “Yesterday, Taiwan Semiconductor … announced a $165 billion investment to build the most powerful chips…
WASHINGTON — Touting the $100 billion expansion TSMC announced on March 3, President Donald Trump boasted that he’d lured the chipmaker not with subsidies but with a threat of tariffs on imported semiconductors.
The Taiwan giant is already building a $65 billion complex in Phoenix with three fabrication facilities, or fabs. Much of the new investment will be used to add three more fabs.
“Yesterday, Taiwan Semiconductor … announced a $165 billion investment to build the most powerful chips… 
