The secretive US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's America First plan

The secretive US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's America First plan 10 hours ago Share Save Faisal Islam • @faisalislam Economics editor Reporting from Arizona Share Save BBC Among the cactuses in the desert of Arizona, just outside Phoenix, an extraordinary collection of buildings is emerging that will shape the future of the global economy and the world. The hum of further construction is creating not just a factory for the world's most advanced semiconductors. Eventually, it will mass produce the most advanced chips in the world. This work is being done in the US for the first time, with the Taiwanese company behind it pledging to spend billions more here in a move aimed at heading off the threat of tariffs on imported chips. It is, in my view, the most important factory in the world, and it's being built by a company you may have not have heard of: TSMC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. It makes 90% of the world's advanced semiconductors. Until now ... Read full article.