Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company said it is “not afraid” of losing Washington’s subsidies for its massive US investments, as the chief of the world’s largest chipmaker sought to reassure investors following US President Donald Trump’s call to kill the $52bn chips act.

The investment plan, announced at the White House, was made as the Trump administration pushes to bring chip making back to the United States.

Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest an additional $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump announced Monday as he appeared with the company’s head at the

When TSMC's upcoming factories in Arizona will deploy the company's most cutting-edge chip tech remains a major question, despite the extra $100 billion investment in the US.

Enforcing the tariffs on Taiwan would be difficult, and they wouldn’t necessarily be enough to meaningfully increase semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, experts told WIRED.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is expected to announce a $100 billion investment in the U.S. at the White House that would bring more semiconductor manufacturing to the country.

In a joint announcement with the Trump Administration, TSMC pledged to spend $100 billion on chip facilities in the U.S.

Trump has expressed his preference for using tariffs to incentivise chip manufacturers to invest in the country.