TSMC (TSM) is planning to invest $100B in the United States to fund five new fabrication plants in Arizona, Zeyi Yang of Wired reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. However, the deal has not ended talks inside the Trump administration about possibly imposing tariffs as high as 100% on TSMC and other Taiwanese chip makers. Reportedly, one version of the plan would involve placing import duties not just on Taiwanese chips themselves, but also on electronic devices that contain them.
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