Apparently, expanding production to other countries like the US is plagued with hurdles and increased costs. Leading chip manufacturers Samsung and TSMC...
I predict if the US can make better chips than Taiwan and can fulfill domestic production itself, Taiwan will shift from an asset to a burden and the US would stop caring nearly as much. The rhetoric will stay approximately the same, but I doubt the US would go to war at that point for Taiwan.
Be interesting to see the geopolitical ramifications of the US bringing semiconductor plants online.
I predict if the US can make better chips than Taiwan and can fulfill domestic production itself, Taiwan will shift from an asset to a burden and the US would stop caring nearly as much. The rhetoric will stay approximately the same, but I doubt the US would go to war at that point for Taiwan.