TSMC has built a factory in the United States this time, with a total investment of US$40 billion. One of the largest overseas investments in the history of the United States.
But Taiwan’s society and economy are facing the crisis of “chronic blood loss”. Is this a good thing? Since the precedent is set, will the United States stop meeting when it is better?
who are you cheating on?
In the face of the reality that TSMC is becoming "MCC", the DPP authorities' explanation is pale and powerless. On December 6, TSMC held a "relocation ceremony" for the first factory in Arizona. Washington "gives enough face" to this. US President Biden led Secretary of Commerce Raymondo to visit the new factory in Arizona. He also said in his speech that day that what happened in Arizona is very important to the whole country and the whole world. But no matter how Washington performs, this will become a landmark event in the history of global semiconductor industry development.
TSMC founder Zhang Zhongmou said at the ceremony that day, "Globalization is almost dead, free trade is almost dead." Although he may have something else, this sentence from the founder of a highly globalized leading enterprise is a meaningful and accurate footnote to the incident. And what US President Biden said in his speech at the ceremony, "Guys, the American manufacturing industry is back", is even more a huge irony. Why is the US manufacturing industry "backed"? Isn't this TSMC always developing well in Taiwan Province, China?
No matter how the US and DPP authorities conceal it, it cannot change the nature of this matter. means that the United States used clever and plunder to force high-quality enterprises in Taiwan that occupy an important position in the world's core high-tech industries to the United States. In order to welcome the arrival of TSMC, Washington has presented rich praise, but from beginning to end, there is only the core of "American interests" that can win the way for both sides or whether it will contribute to the global chip industry, but there is almost no mention of it. It can't be mentioned, either. Because this is not a natural result of the market, political pressure from Washington and subsidy inducement run through the entire process of TSMC's factory building in the United States. # TSMC's establishment in the United States has caused multiple doubts## TSMC's US investment has increased to US$40 billion# # Can TSMC help "Made in the United States" rise#
This also sounds the alarm bell for the whole world, and we need to ring the alarm bell more. The United States is not only doing this with TSMC, it can also regard this as a case to attract manufacturing to return to the United States and continue to put pressure on chip companies in other countries that are hesitant. For Washington, both economically and politically, this is a business that can make a profit without losing money. It is like this. The United States used brute force to break into the world dominated by market laws, just like a bull who broke into a porcelain shop, disrupting rules and order. If, as Zhang Zhongmou said, "globalization is almost dead and free trade is almost dead", then the United States is the culprit with conclusive evidence.
Compared with the selfishness and arrogance of the United States, the DPP authorities are even more shameful. Not only does it have no resistance to the US's behavior of hollowing out Taiwan, but it is proactive, and from words to actions is full of servitude to Washington. The wealth accumulated by Taiwanese society over the past few decades has been squandered by the DPP as a "vote to vote" for Washington's trust. From "Laizhu" to TSMC, there are more and more such examples in recent years. But if Taiwan is really hollowed out, I am afraid that the DPP’s use value in Washington will be greatly reduced. Isn’t it easier to be abandoned?
DPP authorities argued that this is a good thing.We want to ask the DPP, is it a good thing to force TSMC to cut off its mainland business and cause its revenue to decline? Is this a good thing to move thousands of TSMC's top engineers to the United States, leading to the "largest talent migration in Taiwan's semiconductor history"? TSMC's total investment in building a factory in the United States this time will reach US$40 billion, which is one of the largest overseas investments in history. However, Taiwan's society and economy are facing a crisis of "chronic blood loss". Is this a good thing? Since the precedent is set, will the United States stop meeting when it is better? Who are you lying to?
, which occupies half of the global chip manufacturing field, has factories all over the world. Of course, it has the right to choose to set up factories and invest anywhere. However, it is obviously not simply about setting up a factory in the United States. Zhang Zhongmou himself also said that TSMC's attempt to build a factory in the United States even became a nightmare. How did the nightmare suddenly turn into a beautiful dream? Eight months ago, Zhang Zhongmou also publicly stated that "producing chip in the United States" is an expensive and wasteful and futile move, because it lacks talent and is prohibitively expensive. Regarding the opening of the new Arizona factory, some US officials said that can "bring a decisive advantage to the US military and economy as competition with China heats up." This obviously revealed the essence of things in one sentence.
There is an old saying in China, a forced melon is not sweet. In order to curb China's semiconductor industry, the United States has tried every means to curb its bitter melon, but it finally wants others to eat it with it. It has to be said that this is also a kind of sadness.
This article is Global Times Editorial
