Taiwan National Science and Technology Council Minister Wu Cheng-wen said that the U.S. is not pushing through with its data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/trump-mulls-a-300-percent-tariff-on-chips” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/trump-mulls-a-300-percent-tariff-on-chips”>threat of a 300% tariff on chips, at least for those coming from the island. According to the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.ft.com/content/28648c5f-5dcf-4300-9074-b1b0ef4704fd” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.ft.com/content/28648c5f-5dcf-4300-9074-b1b0ef4704fd” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Financial Times, Taiwan is currently data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/taiwan-refuses-to-move-half-of-u-s-bound-chip-production-to-american-shores-trade-discussion-to-be-focused-on-section-232-investigation-for-preferential-deal-on-semiconductors” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/taiwan-refuses-to-move-half-of-u-s-bound-chip-production-to-american-shores-trade-discussion-to-be-focused-on-section-232-investigation-for-preferential-deal-on-semiconductors”>finalizing a trade deal with the U.S. while awaiting the results of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Section 232 investigation. At the moment, U.S. President Donald Trump has applied a 20% tariff on Taiwanese goods, except for semiconductor…
