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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bronwen Weatherby

Welsh Government hits back at minister’s claim over semiconductor sector

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The Welsh Government has hit back at comments made by the UK’s technology minister about the country’s chip manufacturing sector after he claimed he did not want to “recreate Taiwan in south Wales”.

Paul Scully, who leads the government’s digital economy strategy, told the Financial Times that the UK’s semiconductor industry will not be joining the global competition to build advanced chip-building facilities.

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