Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government should take steps to cut UK reliance on semiconductors from Taiwan because of the threat posed by China, a draft strategy said.
Chinese interference or an invasion of Taiwan would threaten Britain’s economy, according to the unpublished strategy seen by Bloomberg. That’s because it would compromise supplies to and from the Asian island nation, which is home to more than 90% of the manufacturing capacity for all leading-edge chips, including the world’s preeminent silicon foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
