by Brian Hioe 語言: English Photo Credit: Briáxis F. Mendes (孟必思) /Flickr/CC BY-SA 4.0 English Photo Credit: Briáxis F. Mendes (孟必思) /Flickr/CC BY-SA 4.0 CONTROVERSY HAS erupted in Taiwan over the construction of TSMC factories in the US.Plans for building this fab were announced in May 2020, during a period in which US president Donald Trump was attempting to convince tech companies to move manufacturing and production back to America.While US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi touted the CHIPS Act as providing avenues for cooperation between the US and Taiwan during her August visit to Taiwan, it would not surprise if the US actually seeks to reduce reliance on Taiwan even as it frames this as deepening the US-Taiwan partnership.This has often been the case with how the US behaves towards many countries, such as with regard to neoliberal shock therapy or other measures that served to hollow out the economies of affected countries.Yet the construction of TSMC fabs in Arizona can also be seen as part of the give-and-take processes of globalization between nation-states, as a process of deal-making and negotiating, rather than the US seeking to immediately abandon Taiwan–even if it is clear that the US holds more cards than Taiwan in the US-Taiwan relationship."