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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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mrtksn ◴[15 May 21 03:41 UTC] No.27162127[source]▶
EU is loosely coupled peace union with a lot of sovereignty left to the individual states. If I remember correctly, ones Rupert Murdoch famously said that it’s impossible to find a phone number to call.

So, It’s probably not up to the EU to care about automotive, that must be Germany. France and Spain likely cares about other things and no one cares about cutting edge chips. EU can push from the top by easing state aid rules, I guess, however it must be a particular country to strike a deal.

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realityking ◴[15 May 21 07:22 UTC] No.27163180[source]▶
> If I remember correctly, ones Rupert Murdoch famously said that it’s impossible to find a phone number to call.

Irbid question is attributed to former US foreign secretary Henry Kissinger who supposedly asked:

> Who do I call if I want to call Europe?

Like many famous quotes, it seems to be false: https://www.ft.com/content/c4c1e0cd-f34a-3b49-985f-e708b247e...

Even if he had said it, the EUs political framework has changed and there‘s now a “foreign minister”-like Post that is the EUs phone number for other foreign ministers.

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1. mrtksn ◴[15 May 21 10:07 UTC] No.27163899[source]▶
Seems correct however it's not actually about the existence of a phone number to call but a tool to portray the nature of the EU. Of corse, every organisation within the EU have phone numbers that can be reached but there's no EuroTrump/EuroBiden/EuroErdogan to make deals with.