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Taiwan ‘will not agree’ to making 50% of chips in US
Cape Times
|October 02, 2025
TAIWAN “will not agree” to making 50% of its semiconductors in the US, the island’s lead tariff negotiator said yesterday, as Washington pressures Taipei to produce more chips on US soil.
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Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun’s remarks came after US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said he had proposed to Taiwan a 50-50 split in chip production.
“I want to clarify that this is the US's idea. Our negotiation team has never made a 50-50 commitment to a chip split,” Cheng told reporters in Taipei.
“Please be rest assured that we did not discuss this issue this time, and we will not agree to such a condition?” she said.
Cheng spoke after returning from Washington where she said negotiations over US tariffs on Taiwanese shipments “made some progress”.
This story is from the October 02, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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