A longstanding U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan has—under Trump—begun to breed anxious uncertainty.

U.S. President Donald Trump refused to comment Wednesday on whether the United States would allow China to take Taiwan by force. I never comment on that, he said during a White House Cabinet meeting,

The Trump administration’s focus on the price, not value, of alliances could affect security pledges and risks to Taiwan, experts say.

Considered critical for US national security, the AI Diffusion rule divides the world into three tiers. At the top are countries that can access US-made AI chips without restrictions, including key chip ally Taiwan and 17 other countries.

Taiwan’s fall to China “would be a disaster for American interests” and the island’s government must raise defense spending to deter Beijing, Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead Pentagon policy,

Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office alleged, without evidence, that Taiwanese were worried that TSMC could turn into the "United States Semiconductors Manufacturing Co."

Charles Chi-Yu Chou was appointed Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami, representing Taiwan’s interests in Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and several Caribbean territories.

Taiwan’s TSMC is among 20 companies that reached binding agreements for Chips Act support before Joe Biden left office.

Nvidia’s chips are primarily manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan; however, some systems and computers utilizing these chips are produced in other regions, including Mexico.

Taiwan needs to dramatically hike defense spending to around 10% of gross domestic product in order to deter a war with China, President Donald Trump's nominee to

U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal of three years of American policy toward Ukraine has raised concerns China might become emboldened to push its territorial claim on Taiwan, though experts say Beijing is most likely in a wait-and-see mode right now to see how the situation in Europe plays out.