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- Former President Trump's remarks about Taiwan have raised uncertainty within the chip industry.
- Trump in a recent Bloomberg Businessweek interview said Taiwan should pay the US for its defense.
- Taiwan's semiconductor dominance could make a supply-chain disruption perilous for the US economy.
Former President Donald Trump during a recent interview with Bloomberg Businessweek waded into the US-Taiwan relationship head-on, arguing that the East Asian democracy should pay America for its protection.