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Home / Middle East / Don’t let Taiwan’s silicon shield become a U.S. silicon trap
Middle East, Iran, Israel‑Iran, Ukraine‑Russia, US‑Israel‑Iran

November 10, 2026

Don’t let Taiwan’s silicon shield become a U.S. silicon trap

By Lyle Goldstein

As the midterms loudly demonstrated, there is considerable gloom over the US economy. Cause for economic optimism is in short supply, though there is some encouraging news regarding US-based semiconductor fabrication spurred by enormous investments from the huge Taiwan company TSMC.

 

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