Taiwan touts $900 million in new business from Silicon Valley meetings

Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua speaks during an interview with Reuters in Taipei, Taiwan, September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s economy minister has drummed up new business worth T$30 billion ($940 million) in meetings with top executives at four major tech firms in California’s Silicon Valley, the ministry said on Saturday. Wang Mei-hua has been in the United States all week to respond to what her office has called “concerns” about supply chains and geopolitical issues. Taiwan is a major semiconductor producer, home to the world’s largest contract chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (2330.TW),…