[anthropocene_x]

Noting that corn, soybean, defence manufacturers, etc get big government subsidies and favorable policies but our corrupt woketard washington critters have been asleep at the wheel for years when it comes to the critical semiconductor sector.

[Dennis M.]

If China goes after Taiwan it will take out TSMC. Then there will be a chip shortage beyond anything imaginable.

[central_va]

This is joke right? I did search for the word "tariff" and got 0 occurrences. How can anyone compose a story on the repatriation of industry to the USA without advocating the imposition of high tariffs? WTH?

[ameribbean expat]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/15/tsmc-to-build-us-chip-factory.html

[jdsteel]

The barrier is government in the form of taxes & the EPA.

It Wall Street.

[Mr. Jeeves]

TSMC is building a huge new semiconductor plant in the Phoenix area, but whether they can get it up and running before China strikes at Taiwan is an open question.

[discostu]

Intel’s troubles, which they seem to have been having for 25 years, are the competition is better and cheaper. Neither of those are a reason for the government to declare Intel necessary and start controlling them.