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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson in Taipei

Taiwan vows most advanced tech will not go to US under $100bn Trump deal

TSMC displayed on a phone screen and microchip
TSMC produces almost all of the world’s most advanced semiconductors. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Taiwan’s government has promised its most advance semiconductor technology will not be moved to the US under a new $100bn (£79bn) deal signed between the chip maker TSMC and Donald Trump, amid accusations that it is allowing the island’s national security to be undermined.

The government said the deal must still go through government assessments, which would take into account the interests of the country as well as investors.

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