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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Erin Hale

For Taiwan’s crucial chip industry, Trump and Harris both bring risks

TSMC's manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China [Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images]

Taipei, Taiwan – For engineers working in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, the past few years have been difficult.

The United States’s efforts to curb the growing power of China, Taiwan’s neighbour, by cutting off its access to the most cutting-edge chips has put the island’s chip sector in the crosshairs of the world’s most consequential geopolitical rivalry.

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