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TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks in Europe falter

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SCAQTony ◴[15 May 21 02:16 UTC] No.27161687[source]▶
The USA is also willing to defend Taiwan and currently the US has carrier groups in the south China sea. This suggests that the idea of building chips in the US may be a diplomatic courtesy and arguably an incentive.
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bigpumpkin ◴[15 May 21 02:35 UTC] No.27161793[source]▶
Currently, no carrier group is in the South China Sea [1]

[1] https://news.usni.org/category/fleet-tracker

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1. SCAQTony ◴[15 May 21 02:52 UTC] No.27161876[source]▶
Thank you for the correction, however, twentyfour days ago there were: https://news.usni.org/2021/04/09/u-s-carrier-strike-group-am...