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US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief for Taiwan

www.notebookcheck.net Desperate measures to save Intel: US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief for Taiwan

A new report out of Taiwan has revealed that the current US administration is tying the reduction on trade of trade tariffs on Taiwan to significant TSMC investment in the US. This investment includes a 49% stake in Intel.

Pure extortion

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Or ignore it and let Americans pay higher prices. 20% while the floor for any other country in the world is 15% is almost the same. Also, it's not like you can purchase those chips from somewhere else.
Otherwise they risk doing like Fuji that spent millions to move production of some cameras back to Japan just to let TACO to change mind after a few weeks and get a similar tariff applied. End result: customers pay more
- It's pointless capitulating cause the syphilitic pedophilic rapist won't remember anything, without picture cards, and will change the terms anyway.

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