In response to whether TSMC's establishment of a factory in the United States was under pressure from the United States and signed a secret agreement that was not conducive to Taiwan's semiconductors, Taiwan Foreign Minister Wu Zhaoxie emphasized that "there is no secret agreement, no de-Taiwanization", and he is not at all worried about losing the "Sacred Mountain of National Protection".
According to Taiwan's ETtoday news cloud report, Wu Zhaoxie and Taiwan's Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Chen Zhengqi and others made a special report on Monday (December 5) morning on the topic of "Taiwan-US 21st Century Trade Initiative Negotiation Progress" to the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan.
Qiu Chenyuan, a legislator of the People's Party, said in an inquiry that TSMC's establishment of a factory in the United States may contain pressure from the United States. In the near future, no matter whether it is five nanometers, four nanometers, or three nanometers in the future, it will be moved to the United States. , recently chartered flights for employees and their families to fly to the United States; in addition, it is obvious that various countries have increased their investment in semiconductors, and related investment incentives are releasing the message of "de-Taiwanization", which poses challenges for Taiwan.
Qiu Chenyuan said that he wanted to confirm whether Taiwan was under pressure from the United States, signed a secret agreement against Taiwan's semiconductors, and whether there was a possibility of de-Taiwanization.
Wu Zhaoxie responded that he can say categorically that Taiwan and the United States have not signed a secret agreement, nor do they have any doubts about "de-Taiwanization of semiconductors". This is the expansion of Taiwan's industrial strength to the outside world, and it is also the way TSMC's global layout makes TSMC stronger.
He emphasized that Taiwan’s semiconductor industry chain is very complete. This advantage cannot be found in other countries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not at all worried that it will lose the "Sacred Mountain of Protecting the Country". .
However, Wu Zhaoxie pointed out that the most serious problem he has seen during this period is that mainland China has expanded the voice of "de-Taiwanization" and "hollowing out Taiwan" in the online world, which made Taiwan worry about problems that were not a problem at first, but now it makes people feel uncomfortable. People are panicking, and relevant ministries will deal with this issue.
TSMC's semiconductor chip manufacturing technology and production capacity lead the world, supplying more than 90% of the world's cutting-edge semiconductor chips with a process below 10 nanometers, which are widely used in mobile phones, computers and all aspects of life.
