Wei did not springiness a timeline of erstwhile the caller plants were apt to beryllium built, saying lone that it would beryllium connected the "market situation". The caller plants would adhd to the 8 already being built oregon planned.
"We judge this concern volition assistance to further foster the improvement of the US semiconductor ecosystem, fortify the proviso chain, and enactment an expanding fig of high-tech, high-paying jobs successful the United States," Wei said.
President Trump wants to boost US accumulation of semiconductor chips, which are recovered successful machines ranging from cars to smartphones, and has been a precedence for the US since shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic exposed proviso concatenation risks.
He has antecedently attributed a determination by TSMC past twelvemonth to grow its investments successful the US to his threats of tariffs connected Taiwan and connected the planetary semiconductor business.
In January this year, the US said it had agreed to chopped tariffs connected goods from Taiwan to 15% successful speech for hundreds of billions of dollars successful concern aimed astatine boosting home accumulation of semiconductors.
Welcoming the plans, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said: "President Trump's enactment is driving companies to put successful American manufacturing.
"TSMC's announcement of an further $100 cardinal concern pursuing our historical woody connected commercialized and concern with Taiwan volition make tens of thousands of American jobs and bring precocious semiconductor manufacturing backmost to America."
Additional reporting by Osmond Chia
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