Trump to impose 25% to 100% tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, impacting TSMC

[rangerjosey@lemmy.ml]

That's just how tariffs work. They're not a weapon against enemy nations. They're a tax on Americans.

And nobody is going to bring production back to this fascist slave pen of a country.

[zaphod@sopuli.xyz]

The thing with that fab is it doesn't do packaging, they ship the wafers abroad for that. I wonder if americans will end up paying tariffs on chips made in the USA.

[7rokhym@lemmy.ca]

Indeed. My Alienware doubles as a space heater in my north facing office.

[1995toyotacorolla@lemmy.world]

Can't wait to start putting Trump "I DID THAT!" stickers nest to $5000 walmart laptops

[surph_ninja@lemmy.world]

And they’re not even trying to create American jobs with this crap. The CHIPS Act is paired with a “chipmaker’s visa,” which intends to import cheap labor from Taiwan to work the US chip factories.

[thefonz@lemmy.world]

They seem to like cars a lot. Remember when there was a car shortage because chip manufacturing froze during Covid?

[inhale_vegetables@aussie.zone]

They aren't pocketing anything though

[magnus919@lemmy.brandyapple.com]

It's going to impact American consumers a hell of a lot more.

[braxy29@lemmy.world]

my tamagotchi

[magnus919@lemmy.brandyapple.com]

As someone who actually approves $$ for tech vendors in an American company, I can tell you that no matter how cheaply China-based services become, they still aren't going to be seriously considered. Anthropic and OpenAI are based out of San Francisco. Legal jurisdiction to resolve contract disputes, breaches of confidentiality, etc. can be resolved in a fairly straightforward way between two American companies, especially when they are headquartered in the same court district.

Chinese companies exist inside of a legal safe harbor where they have less incentive to play by the rules, and a much lower risk of consequences for getting caught breaking them. The risk isn't worth the perceived savings.

[mapleengineer@lemmy.world]

Came here to say that. Americans pay the tarrifs. He's raising prices for American consumers.

[voroxpete@sh.itjust.works]

For Taiwan, it's a matter of survival, plain and simple. They're not going to give up their monopoly because without it they cease to exist. It does not matter how irrational the person they're dealing with is, because for them this is life and death, literally. TSMC is the single biggest national security asset they have.

[freefall@lemmy.world]

Wildly bad ideas at exactly the right time in history to do the most damage.

[voroxpete@sh.itjust.works]

2nd amendment

[voroxpete@sh.itjust.works]

Correct. Taiwan considers it a matter of national security to never allow their best processes to be exported. That monopoly is why Taiwan still exists.

[ikidd@lemmy.world]

Mexico isnt about to replace TSMCs capabilities.

[ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml]

Is America great yet? Did he do it, did he make it great again?

[interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml]

Trump still loves H1B slaves like all billionaires so it's fine

[interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml]

But that would be low!
And really the president doesn't have the power to set prices.
Trump can't magically make eggs cheaper!
And so on.
Chatgpt what is the best open source open hardware guillotine plans?

[interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml]

Aka the silicon shield
https://www.morganstanley.com/im/publication/insights/articles/article_taiwanssiliconshield_ltr.pdf