why would taiwan be excited by the US duplicating the industry that makes it unique and desirable? If taiwan didn't manufacture chips, they would be just another island, and I doubt they would receive nearly as much international attention.<p>Also<p><i>"Other Taiwanese executives present voiced hesitation, [...] questioning whether American environmental and labor laws were consistent with the goal of nurturing a sophisticated industry"</i><p>A particularly ugly thing to say given how such protections are patchy and quite flawed already.
It wasn’t that long ago that US companies led this industry. The quotes in the article are pretty condescending in that light. I’d put 50/50 odds on Intel pulling their heads out of their asses in the next few generations even without government intervention.
Great. If Arizona has water next year it will be host to a massive new chip plant and tens or hundreds of thousands of new people and homes because… Biden needs to win an election. We aught to force his and Pelosis children to live there for 3 generations. Like North Korea.<p>Maybe we’d get some long term planning from these ghouls.