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Why not destroy the foundries, move all the TSMC employees to the US, rebuild them here (there is no surer investment), and let China have the land?
by jppittma 2y ago
Why not destroy the foundries, move all the TSMC employees to the US, rebuild them here (there is no surer investment), and let China have the land?
- elric 2y agoFor the same reasons that demolishing Gaza, relocating its inhabitants, and letting someone else develop the land is utterly insane. People aren't random machines that can be moved willy-nilly.
- ricardobeat 2y agoThis lines up perfectly with Trump’s policy on Palestine and Ukraine. “Let them take the land”, who cares about the people?
- sho_hn 2y agoOne reason is that none of these factories can be built without European ASML machines, and given how the US is doing its absolute best to disrupt its relationship with Europe, maybe it would be time to stop selling them there and consider selling them to China instead.