President Donald Trump is eyeing a “25% or higher” tariff across all semiconductor chips the United States imports, with rates likely to “go very substantially higher over a course of a year,” he told reporters on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on semiconductors seems serious and may hurt Taiwan, but an emerging deal between TSMC and Intel could open a path for relief.

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