Lithuania and Taiwan are negotiating establishing microchip factories in the small European country.
Quoting from an article* in Politico:
"Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) — with an outsize 54 percent share of global foundry revenue in 2020 — has faced pressure from many foreign governments to diversify its production. "
and again :
“Taiwan is playing its economic cards smartly,” Mathieu Duchâtel, director of the Asia Program at the Paris-based Institut Montaigne said. “Clearly, Taiwan has something concrete to offer to strengthen the European semiconductor ecosystem, and the message is that this is linked to deepening Taiwan's international space — so this is a form of economic statecraft.”
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It appears Taiwan may have found a partner with Lithuania. With all the disruptions to chip supplies, it seems practical to expand production locations to limit such problems.
"Lithuania wins microchip windfall from Taiwan in China clash "
* https://www.politico.eu/article/lith...indfall-clash/