Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.¡¯s C. C. Wei walked into the White House¡¯s Roosevelt Room to unveil one of the largest foreign investments in U.S. history: a $100 billion bet that high-end chips can be made, once again, in the United States.
For Trump, it was a moment to savor on the 43rd day back in office. For Richard Lee, watching almost 13,000 kilometers away, it was a call to action.
¡°We didn¡¯t put the United States as the first priority. Now we need to put United States as the first and foremost priority,¡± said Lee, chairman of the trade association that represents Taiwan¡¯s biggest manufacturers.
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