U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on July 15, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
The Trump administration wants Taiwan to move half of its semiconductor production to the United States, a move that could have an impact on the island nation’s self-defense against communist China’s military aggression.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the United States and Taiwan have discussed producing equal shares of the semiconductor chips required to meet U.S. demand, in an interview with NewsNation aired on Sept. 27.
