News of more investment from the top chip manufacturer is exciting for Americans – but how about international competitors?

In a heartwarming (ish) exposition of solidarity with democratic expression, China tabled concerns earlier today that the Taiwanese government could be preparing to give away its chip industry as a "souvenir" to the USA and that Taiwanese citizens were thus concerned that chip foundry TSMC could become "United States Semiconductor Manufacturing Co".

The Office of the US Trade Representative is to hold a hearing tomorrow into older Chinese-made “legacy” semiconductors that could heap more US tariffs on chips from China that power everyday goods from cars to washing machines to telecoms equipment.

The investment plan, announced at the White House, was made as the Trump administration pushes to bring chip making back to the United States.

Taiwan semiconductor company TSMC plans to make a fresh $100 billion investment in the United States that involves building five additional chip facilities there in coming years, its CEO announced with President Donald Trump on Monday.

Taiwan-based TSMC fabricates the vast majority of the advanced chips for AI and smartphones. Now more of that fabrication could move to Arizona.

The U.S. is Taiwan's ace in the hole as it faces China's threats, so does Trump's fickle foreign policy fuel concern, or does Taipei have "a better hand"?

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC is expanding investment in the United States because of large U.S. customer demand, its CEO said on Thursday, adding that its production lines there are already fully booked for this year and the next two years.

Enforcing the tariffs on Taiwan would be difficult, and they wouldn’t necessarily be enough to meaningfully increase semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, experts told WIRED.