(New York/Taipei Comprehensive News) Former US President Trump named in an interview with the US media.A>, and refers to Taiwan's chip business, TSMC stocks fell more than 2%on Wednesday (July 17).In the goal, Taiwan is willing to take more responsibilities.
According to Bloomberg Business Weekly (July 16), Trump, who is also a presidential candidate for the US Republican Party, said in an exclusive interview with the journal on June 25 that he respected Taiwan, but Taiwan took away 100 U.S. 100%Of the chip business should pay military expenses from the United States.
Trump made the above response when you answered the question "Will you defend Taiwan's attack on China (Mainland) attack?"He also said, "We (the United States) and insurance companies are not different. Taiwan hasn't given us anything."
Trump also believes that Taiwan is 9,500 miles (15,289 kilometers) from the United States, and it is only 68 miles from mainland China. It is actually difficult to defend Taiwan to defend Taiwan.
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to comment on Trump's remarks, only in a brief statement: "During the US presidential election, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not comment on the candidate's statement."
Zhongshi News Network quoted Zhuo Rongtai, the president of the Taiwan Executive Yuan, and said in the tea narrative on Wednesday (July 17) that the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait and the Indo -Pacific region is the common responsibility and goal of Taiwan and the United States.Taiwan has steadily strengthened military expenditure and is willing to take more responsibilities, "this is to defend ourselves and ensure safety."
According to Reuters, affected by Trump's remarks, the stock price of TSMC, the world's largest chip manufacturer in Taiwan, fell 2.4%on Wednesday, fell more than 1%of the Taiwan stock market.TSMC will announce the second quarter financial report on Thursday (July 18).
TSMC is the world's largest chip founder. It has a dominant position in the production field of advanced chips. Its chip products are widely used in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) applications, smartphones and fighters.
TSMC is building a new factory overseas, including spent 65 billion US dollars (S $ 87.1 billion)./A>, but it means that most of the capacity will still stay in Taiwan.Analysts believe that any conflict in the Taiwan Strait will cause damage to the world economy.