After averting the risk of a 100% tariff on its chip sales to the US, the world’s largest contract chipmaker now faces the threat of a $1 billion penalty from Washington

Analysts have, since last year, been cautioning on a slowdown in Chinese spending on chip equipment

Taiwanese officials maintain TSMC won’t begin producing 2nm chips the US before 2028 amid concern that the chipmaker could lose its geopolitical importance

Japan, India, South Korea and Taiwan, who all export products to the US from these three industries, have already been stumbling under the pressure of increasing tariff threats

Experts say that while it may be a 'hard pill for them to swallow', Chinese leaders are shifting their approach to the domestic tech industry

Rumours of TSMC potential tie-up with Intel sparked concern in Taiwan about losing its 'silicon shield' while White House said it was 'unlikely' to hand over American chip facilities to foreigners

Insiders say the White House is concerned about many of the terms underpinning the $39 billion Chips and Science Act industry subsidies

Chinese market analysts believe DeepSeek's launch is a 'watershed' moment that shows Beijing can hold its ground amid an intense tech war with rival US

Chinese state media says the development could lead to “overwhelmingly unfavourable consequences” for Taiwan and global chip supply chains

Chinese firms have stepped up their purchases of materials needed to make chips and electronics from US suppliers ahead of the new year

“The only way to beat China is to stay ahead of them," US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in an interview

Nvidia has asked its big distributors, including Super Micro and Dell, to conduct spot checks of their customers in Southeast Asia