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

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lousken ◴[15 May 21 02:26 UTC] No.27161749[source]▶
Is automotive industry all that EU cares about? What about IoT/robotics? The fact that TSMC want to build only their older fab here is really disappointing to me.
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AlchemistCamp ◴[15 May 21 03:17 UTC] No.27162012[source]▶
The EU has also supplied both weapons and technology that are currently threatening Taiwan: https://www.businessinsider.com/european-companies-are-suppl...

France alone was the #2 supplier from 2015-2019: https://euro-sd.com/2020/03/news/16688/sipri-biggest-arms-ex...

You really can't blame Taiwan for not rushing to put its most cutting edge expertise in the EU.

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xwolfi[dead post] ◴[15 May 21 03:46 UTC] No.27162157[source]▶
We also sold a lot to Taiwan. There's really no anti-Taiwan military strategy in France: we sell to whomever buys.

I live in Hong Kong and I was happy to hear the water cannon used to tame the revolutionaries was made in my homeland. I'm sure if Taiwan needs our help to kill or tame people, we'll happily provide. Something has to finance socialism, and it certainly won't be the sweat and blood of my fellow countrymen.

1. idiotsecant ◴[15 May 21 05:32 UTC] No.27162695[source]▶
in Capitalism's majesty it provides equal access to incredibly expensive military technology to both the world's 2nd largest economy and it's 36th largest economy economy!