Tsai Ing-wen tells new US delegation to Taiwan the chip supply chain is vital to security

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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb meets Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during a four-day visit to Taiwan. According to Taiwan’s foreign ministry, Indiana became the first US state to forge a sister-state relationship with Taiwan in 1979. Photo: EPA-EFE/Taiwan Presidential Office

Lawrence Chung

Published: 10:00pm, 22 Aug 2022Updated: 10:49pm, 22 Aug 2022

Taiwan is willing to work with like-minded partners to ensure continued semiconductor supply chains in the democratic world, President Tsai Ing-wen has told another delegation of American officials visiting the island.

“Economic security is an important pillar of national and regional security. Taiwan is willing and able to strengthen cooperation with democratic partners in building sustainable supply chains for democracy chips,” Tsai said in a meeting with Indiana State Governor Eric Holcomb and his delegation at her office in Taipei on Monday.

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US-Taiwan trade talks prompt Beijing warning, ‘economic coercion’ on agenda

It is the third visit this month by high-level US officials, after trips by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate foreign relations subcommittee chairman Ed Markey.

“Presently, we are facing the continued expansion of global authoritarianism. In the midst of this, Taiwan has been confronted by military threats from China in and around the Taiwan Strait,” Tsai said, referring to a series of war games Beijing staged around the island soon after Pelosi left on August 3.

“At this moment democratic allies must stand together and boost cooperation across all areas,” Tsai said, adding that continued visits by senior US politicians reflected America’s rock-solid support and friendship with Taiwan, which she said would further deepen Taipei’s cooperation with Washington in a range of areas.

Tsai said Taiwan and the US were democracy-loving and freedom-loving partners, as well as key security and economic allies in the Indo-Pacific region.