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Enforcing the tariffs on Taiwan would be difficult, and they wouldn’t necessarily be enough to meaningfully increase semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, experts told WIRED.

The announcement that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, will invest an additional US$100 billion in the United States - and avoid harmful tariffs - could inspire other major Asian firms to follow its lead and those of South Korean giants by making moves that could isolate mainland China,