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> Is Trump setting up Taiwan to become economically irrelevant and thinking to just let China take it over? From another report: > Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Pre

> Is Trump setting up Taiwan to become economically irrelevant and thinking to just let China take it over? From another report: > Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on imported computer chips, pharmaceuticals and steel, he said on Monday, to push companies to manufacture more in the United States. * https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-tariffs-chips-drugs-would-hit-us-allies-asia-2025-01-28/ https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-tariffs-chips-drugs-woul... Personally, if I were running TSMC, I wouldn't add more production capacity in the US other than what's already in progress out of spite. If Americans (or their rulers) want to pay extra for the same product and re-ignite inflation that's their prerogative.

IAmGraydon 2y ago
Luckily, people who run massive international corporations generally don't make decisions "out of spite" or they wouldn't have a massive international corporation in the first place. You play the game you're handed. What you're suggesting is like childishly flipping the table.
- throw0101c 2y ago
  > Luckily, people who run massive international corporations generally don't make decisions "out of spite" or they wouldn't have a massive international corporation in the first place. People who run the largest economy on the planet do make decisions out of spite, e.g., "Justice Department moves to fire at least 12 officials who investigated Trump": * https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276334/justice-department-firings-trump-special-counsel-jack-smith https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276334/justice-departm... So acting like we're in a rational situation and dealing with rational counterparties would itself be irrational. > What you're suggesting is like childishly flipping the table. Or it could be a reasonable response at an attempt at (economic) bullying. There are some people who only understand a punch in the face.

IAmGraydon 2y ago

Luckily, people who run massive international corporations generally don't make decisions "out of spite" or they wouldn't have a massive international corporation in the first place. You play the game you're handed. What you're suggesting is like childishly flipping the table.

throw0101c 2y ago
> Luckily, people who run massive international corporations generally don't make decisions "out of spite" or they wouldn't have a massive international corporation in the first place. People who run the largest economy on the planet do make decisions out of spite, e.g., "Justice Department moves to fire at least 12 officials who investigated Trump": * https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276334/justice-department-firings-trump-special-counsel-jack-smith https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276334/justice-departm... So acting like we're in a rational situation and dealing with rational counterparties would itself be irrational. > What you're suggesting is like childishly flipping the table. Or it could be a reasonable response at an attempt at (economic) bullying. There are some people who only understand a punch in the face.