The United States government's alleged plan to encourage Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to form a joint venture with Intel to boost American chipmaking will place the Taiwanese foundry giant in a more disadvantageous position than proposed tariffs on imported chips, a semiconductor expert said Thursday.
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