Though the United States is the global leader in designing chips, the vast majority of chip production happens overseas, particularly in U.S.-ally Taiwan.

U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on Taiwan's semiconductor industry has sent shockwaves through the Silicon Island. Newsweek reached out to the State Department and Taiwan's Foreign Ministry with emailed requests for comment.

A Camas semiconductor manufacturer could be among the next round of recipients for federal funding from the CHIPS for America program.

Trump's new taxes on imported semiconductors and chips would increase costs for device developers, manufacturers and their customers.

With the support of congressional colleagues, U.S. Rep. Blake Moore has reintroduced bipartisan legislation into the 119th Congress intended to advance U.S. semi-conductor research and development initiatives.

Starboard is a very successful activist investor and has extensive experience helping companies focus on operational efficiency and margin improvement. Starboard has initiated activist campaigns at 13 prior semiconductor companies,

President Donald Trump previously criticized the CHIPS and Science Act, leading to speculation over whether the law could be repealed or tweaked under the new administration.

China's Xi JInping will attempt to use Donald Trump's penchant for transactional deal making in order to avoid new export restrictions and support for Taiwan.

Tech cooperation with China is not necessarily accommodationist and can deliver competitive benefits to the United States. Unmanaged, the U.S.-China competition in artificial intelligence (AI) could create dangerous fissures between these two great powers that could lead to military conflict.

A powerful new AI tool created by a Chinese start-up that sent shockwaves through Wall Street and Silicon Valley has put American tech companies on notice.

Elizabeth Economy is Co-Director of the US, China, and the World Project and Hargrove Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. From 2021 to 2023, she was Senior Adviser for China at the U.S. Department of Commerce. She is the author of The World According to China.

The rise in popularity of a high-performing and cheaply built Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model has shaken the confidence of investors, while raising larger questions about the future of