Top Economist Urges China to Seize TSMC If U.S. Ramps Up Sanctions

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  • Policy proposal made in speech on US-China relations
  • Research group overseen by Chinaโ€™s economic planning agency

A senior Chinese economist at a government-run research group called on authorities to seize Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. if the US hits China with sanctions on par with those leveled against Russia.

โ€œIf the US and the West impose destructive sanctions on China like sanctions against Russia, we must recover Taiwan,โ€ said Chen Wenling, chief economist at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges. The research group is overseen by the National Development and Reform Commission, Chinaโ€™s top economic planning agency.

โ€œEspecially in the reconstruction of the industrial chain and supply chain, we must seize TSMC,โ€ Chen said in a speech last month hosted by the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University, which was posted online Tuesday by the nationalistic news website Guancha. 

โ€œThey are speeding up the transfer to the US to build six factories there,โ€ she added. โ€œWe must not let all the goals of the transfer be achieved.โ€

The comments are some of the most prominent so far showing how Taiwanโ€™s chip industry is seen in Beijing as a key strategic asset in the intensifying rivalry between the worldโ€™s two largest economies. TSMC is the worldโ€™s largest contract manufacturer of semiconductors, accounting for more than 50% of the global foundry market, which involves businesses purely making chips for other companies. Its customers include Apple Inc., which relies on Taiwanese chips for iPhones. 

A TSMC representative declined to comment on Chenโ€™s remarks. Media reports have said TSMC will build six chip fabs in the US, but the company has announced just one so far. It has bought more land for possible construction. 

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