"but the west wouldn't have access either." That simply isnt true, TSMC are building manufacturing capacity in Arizona/Texas at an impressive clip, it has been

"but the west wouldn't have access either." That simply isnt true, TSMC are building manufacturing capacity in Arizona/Texas at an impressive clip, it has been pitched as capacity expansion, but there is obviously a strategic fall back element to the expansion gained by having the processes, chip lines and IP associated with a duplicated offshore location (which the US would be ideal to safely house). https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-tsmc-looks-double-down-us-chip-factories-talks-europe-falter-2021-05-14/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-tsmc-looks-doub...