• unalivejoy
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    342 days ago

    TSMC was supposed to open a plant in the US, but apparently that takes a bit of time to get running.

    • @NotMyOldRedditName
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      152 days ago

      I thought the US FAB was also going to be a generation behind?

    • sunzu2
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      -162 days ago

      They did say American worker is lazy and expects highest pay lol

      Cry me a fucking river. This corpo really forgot who defends their precious island. American tax payer spends good money in your support. Show some fucking respect.

      • @[email protected]
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        Maybe I’m misreading because one poster above deleted their comment, but I can’t understand: how exactly has TSMC shown “disrespect”? Or was the poster showing disrespect?

        Putting corporations aside and speaking of states: the US and Taiwan have respectful and friendly relations. They depend on each other.

        Now, a tariff of 25-100% on a partner’s primary export and one’s own vitally important import is more like putting a shotgun to one’s leg out of spite. It would be hurting oneself and hurting the other side - and not a little bit.

        The US is a store that Taiwan frequently shops in - a very big defense equipment store, I should say. Some of the toys cost money, but if you buy enough, you get kickbacks - the US gives Taiwan some security assistance for free. It also says it will assist Taiwan if anyone (we can imagine who that might be) attacks it.

        Meanwhile, Taiwan is a store the world frequently shops in - a very big microprocessor, memory and microcontroller store. Frequent customers can tell TSMC “it would be nice if you brought some of your business here, we have a vacant spot suitable for your plans”. And it works: one factory will be built in the US, one factory in the EU. Maybe elsewhere too. Getting that to happen didn’t need Trump or insane levels of customs tariffs.

        To achieve that, people just negotiated like normal people do. TMSC know they operate in a country prone to violent earthquakes and close to an agressive neighbour, they are quite OK with placing some of their business abroad.

        • sunzu2
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          -92 days ago

          I am a US worker and TSMC execs spoke shit about the US workers and said we get paid too much.

          I am expected to tolerate such behavior from a foreign corpo parasite when my taxes are spent to defend them?

          Y’all, can’t conceptualize the separation here lol

      • مهما طال الليل
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        The US gets an unsinkable aircraft off the coast of PRC, while Taiwan assumes all the risks of a war with PRC. If anything the US should show some respects to its allies instead of treating them like disposable pawns.

        • @[email protected]
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          -42 days ago

          Just to be clear, we do not guve a shit about : China, Taiwan, All of South east Asia, Ukraine, Russia, All of Eastern Europe, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Palestine, Iran, all of MENA

          You people are all own your own, stop embroilling us in your god damned fucking wars.

          • @mohammed_alibi
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            21 day ago

            The US definitely doesn’t give a shit about all those countries.

            But my take is the US is doing it so that it can continue its global dominance. Russia or China will happily take its place if the US relents. Are you willing to take a backseat to China or Russia? Doubtful.

              • @mohammed_alibi
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                110 hours ago

                In the mean time, it is better US (United States) than THEM (The Hegemony of Evil Manchurians)

            • @[email protected]
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              116 hours ago

              That only the washing and corporate gremlins that want an empire. They should be recycled as cat food.

        • sunzu2
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          -142 days ago

          Sir, I am not “the US”, i am USian pedon, merely a subject, speaking on my own behalf.

      • @III
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        82 days ago

        Wasn’t this the same justification that America used to send factory jobs overseas? I feel repeating verbatim what the US has stated is the ultimate sign of respect.

        • sunzu2
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          -132 days ago

          Sir, I am not “the US”, i am USian pedon, merely a subject, speaking on my own behalf.

      • ZeroOne
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        32 days ago

        If anything US should show some respect & lick the boots of EU, Taiwan & India

          • ZeroOne
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            32 days ago

            Suuuuuuuuuuuure