According to a report by Taiwan's “China Times News Network” on April 3, US President Trump officially announced different “equal tariffs” for various countries and regions at the White House Rose Garden on the 2nd local time. The equivalent tariff rate to be levied on Taiwan is 32%. Although Trump also mentioned that Taiwanese chip giant TSMC will invest in setting up a factory in the US and stated that “they don't want to pay tariffs, so they set up a factory directly to produce in the US,” Taiwanese products such as servers and laptops are still likely to be impacted. When referring to the semiconductor industry, Trump said that TSMC will increase investment in the US because these companies don't want to pay high tariffs, and the only solution is to locate production in the US. However, according to a report by Taiwan's “Business Times”, some semiconductor industry analysts say that the US imposes tariffs on chips imported from Taiwan, which has little direct impact, but imposing taxes on all products, including “terminal products such as servers and laptops from Taiwan,” has had a huge impact. The report pointed out that even if TSMC's chips are produced in the US, it will probably still affect the layout of the industrial chain, because under equal tariffs, Vietnam is charged 46%, Thailand 36%, Malaysia 24%, and Indonesia 32%. After the chips are assembled in these countries, they will still have to face high tariffs.

According to a report by Taiwan's “China Times News Network” on April 3, US President Trump officially announced different “equal tariffs” for various countries and regions at the White House Rose Garden on the 2nd local time. The equivalent tariff rate to be levied on Taiwan is 32%. Although Trump also mentioned that Taiwanese chip giant TSMC will invest in setting up a factory in the US and stated that “they don't want to pay tariffs, so they set up a factory directly to produce in the US,” Taiwanese products such as servers and laptops are still likely to be impacted. When referring to the semiconductor industry, Trump said that TSMC will increase investment in the US because these companies don't want to pay high tariffs, and the only solution is to locate production in the US. According to a report by Taiwan's “Business Times”, some semiconductor industry analysts say that the US imposes tariffs on chips imported from Taiwan, which has little direct impact, but imposing taxes on all products, including “terminal products such as servers and laptops from Taiwan,” has had a huge impact. The report pointed out that even if TSMC's chips are produced in the US, it will probably still affect the layout of the industrial chain, because under equal tariffs, Vietnam is charged 46%, Thailand 36%, Malaysia 24%, and Indonesia 32%. After the chips are assembled in these countries, they will still have to face high tariffs.