> Devil's advocste: why can't the US do that via Taiwan as it does currently? I think TSMC was working on a similar deal. > Won't we also need "rare" earth me

> Devil's advocste: why can't the US do that via Taiwan as it does currently? I think TSMC was working on a similar deal. > Won't we also need "rare" earth metal supplies to of it is a vital industry we can't cope with being overseas? Rare earth materials are available in the US but due to cost competitiveness, all the mining happens overseas. Also the mining process has environmental impacts some countries choose to ignore. > And then there is the fact the fab machines all come from Belgium. Which company in Belgium make the fab machines. The biggest manufacturer of semiconductor fabrication equipment are Applied Materials and Lam Research, both in the bay area. ASML from Netherlands make the critical Photolithography equipment however. Beyond this, there are hundred of mid and smaller companies involved all over the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_equipment_sales_leaders_by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_equipment_sales_...