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Howard Lutnick: TSMC, the greatest manufacturer of chips in the world, is coming to America with a hundred-billion-dollar investment…

On the recordMarch 2, 2025
TSMC, the greatest manufacturer of chips in the world, is coming to America with a hundred-billion-dollar investment, and of course that is backed by the fact that they can come here because they can avoid paying tariffs.
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Howard Lutnick

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Lutnick attributes TSMC's investment to tariff avoidance under Trump's policies.

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