Democracy chips: Taiwan is reaching out to its allies to strengthen supply chains for semiconductors


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Amidst China’s threats, Taiwan wants to ensure its partners have reliable supplies of semiconductors, or “democracy chips’. President Tsai Ing-wen urged that democratic allies must stand together and boost cooperation across all areas — especially semiconductors. Taiwan said it is willing and able to strengthen cooperation with democratic partners in building sustainable supply chains for democracy chips. Earlier this month, the most senior elected American official visited the island of Taiwan for the first time after almost a quarter century. The visit was surrounded in controversy, unfolding against the backdrop of an increasingly fraught US-China and China-Taiwan relationship . Since...