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Taiwan says chipmakers to prioritise auto chips amid global shortage (Recasts, adds details, quotes, byline) By Jeanny Kao and Yimou Lee TAIPEI, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Four major Taiwanese chip makers met the island's economics minister on Wednesday and told her they were willing to prioritise supplies for auto makers amid a global shortage of chips for the industry, the minister said. Automakers around the world are shutting assembly lines due to problems in the delivery of semiconductors, which in some cases have been exacerbated by the former U.S. administration's action against key Chinese chip factories. The shortage has affected...