But Taiwan isn’t feeling the love. At least, that’s how the man responsible for building the world’s most important semiconductor company sees it. Speaking in Taipei on Thursday, Morris Chang gave his thumbs up to the Trump and Biden administrations’ strategies to limit Chinese access to US chip technology, but took issue with Washington’s broader policy of “friendshoring” — moving supply chains away from China to trusted nations. His problem? This doesn’t include Taiwan.
Chang, 90, is the founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., one of the world’s largest companies that has a lock on the ...