Lutnick shakes down Taiwan for protection

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Taiwan to act prudently to US demands: Taipei‘EXPLOITING AND PLUNDERING’: A KMT legislator said that the US’ proposal to make 50 percent of chips for the US market itself would cut the nation’s economic lifeline

By Chen Yu-fu and Lin hsin-han / Staff reporters


Taiwan would act with prudence in negotiations with the US, the Office of Trade Negotiations said yesterday, following comments by US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick that 50 percent of US demand for Taiwan’s semiconductors be manufactured in the US to counter Beijing’s threats to invade Taiwan.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/09/30/2003844658

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The Trump administration’s objective is to move a significant portion of semiconductor manufacturing to the US to ensure the US can meet its own defense needs, he said.

The goal is not natural for Taiwan, as “what’s natural for Taiwan is: ‘We produce 95 percent [of the world’s most advanced semiconductors], we feel great about it,’ and you know, Donald Trump would say: ‘It’s not healthy for you [Taiwan], or healthy for us [the US], because we protect you, and for us to protect you, come on, you need to help us achieve reasonable self-sufficiency.’”

“That’s been the conversation we had with Taiwan, that you have to understand it’s vital for you to have us produce 50 percent,” he said.

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Hegseth butters up the PRC

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Japan "on track to deploy" medium range missiles to Yonaguni Island

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Japan is deploying missiles to Yonaguni Island, located approximately 110 km from Taiwan, amid escalating tensions with China. This involves medium-range surface-to-air missiles as part of Japan’s defense strategy to deter potential aggression in the region.www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-23/japan-to-deploy-missiles-to-island-near-taiwan-minister-says)