{"slug": "taiwan-says-its-companies-plan-to-invest-another-us-20-billion-in-us", "title": "Taiwan says its companies plan to invest another US$20 billion in US", "summary": "Taiwanese companies plan to invest an additional US$20 billion in the United States, driven by demand for artificial intelligence applications, Taiwan's Economy Minister Kung Ming-hsin said on Wednesday (Sep 2) at the Semicon trade show in Taipei. The announcement, which drew praise from US Commerce Department official Bill Frauenhofer, follows TSMC's July commitment of a further US$100 billion in Arizona, bringing its total planned US investment to US$265 billion.", "body_md": "# Taiwan says its companies plan to invest another US$20 billion in US\n\nAmerica has pushed for more Taiwanese investment amid efforts to boost domestic chip manufacturing\n\n[TAIPEI] Taiwanese companies are planning another US$20 billion of investments in the US driven by [demand for artificial intelligence applications](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/ai-boom-fuels-record-us14-5-billion-taiwan-tech-firm-borrowing), the island’s economy minister said on Wednesday (Sep 2) without giving details, though drawing a warm response from a visiting US official.\n\nThe US, which is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s most important international backer and arms supplier despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties, has [pushed Taiwanese technology companies to ramp up their investments](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/taiwan-us-sign-trade-pact-cut-tariffs-boost-investments) as part of a US effort to get more domestic semiconductor manufacturing.\n\nSpeaking at the opening of the US pavilion at the Semicon trade show in Taipei, Taiwan Economy Minister Kung Ming-hsin said Taiwanese companies were “very actively” investing in the US.\n\nSince May, when Taiwan attended the SelectUSA Investment Summit, Kung said the ministry had conducted a new assessment of which companies, aside from major chipmaker TSMC, might want to further their investments in the country, and the result was an extra US$20 billion.\n\nAI and chip orders were “extremely lively”, which is what is drawing this interest, Kung added, though he did not give details of which companies he was talking about.\n\nTSMC announced in July a [further US$100 billion investment](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/tsmc-invest-another-us100-billion-us-q2-profit-blows-past-forecasts) in the US state of Arizona, bringing the total planned investment to US$265 billion.\n\nSpeaking at the same event as Kung, a US Commerce Department official who oversees the government programme to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing, called the Chips Act, welcomed the announcement.\n\n“It demonstrates our continued shared commitment to a secure, resilient and innovative semiconductor and electronics supply chain,” said Bill Frauenhofer, executive director of semiconductor investment and innovation at the department.\n\n“These projects will strengthen critical technology capabilities in the US and advance innovations that will shape our collective future for decades to come.”\n\nUS President Donald Trump has on occasion criticised Taiwan for “stealing” American semiconductor business, a perception Taiwan’s government says is unfair even as it has backed its companies to increase their US investments. REUTERS\n\nDecoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.\n\nShare with us your feedback on BT's products and services", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taiwan-says-its-companies-plan-to-invest-another-us-20-billion-in-us", "canonical_source": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/taiwan-says-its-companies-plan-invest-another-us20-billion-us", "published_at": "2026-09-02 05:33:32+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-02 05:54:08.780083+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Kung Ming-hsin", "TSMC", "Bill Frauenhofer", "US Commerce Department", "Semicon", "SelectUSA Investment Summit", "Arizona"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taiwan-says-its-companies-plan-to-invest-another-us-20-billion-in-us", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taiwan-says-its-companies-plan-to-invest-another-us-20-billion-in-us.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taiwan-says-its-companies-plan-to-invest-another-us-20-billion-in-us.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taiwan-says-its-companies-plan-to-invest-another-us-20-billion-in-us.jsonld"}}