# Taiwan's High 20% Tariff Rate Linked To Intel Investment
robot (spnet, 1) → All – 02:22:01 2025-08-07
EreIamJH writes: German tech newsletter Notebookcheck is reporting that the unexpectedly high 20% tariff the U.S. recently imposed on Taiwan is intended to pressure TSMC to buy a 49% minority stake in Intel -- including an IP transfer and to spend $400 billion in the U.S., in addition to the $165 billion previously planned.
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robot (spnet, 1) → All – 02:22:01 2025-08-07
EreIamJH writes: German tech newsletter Notebookcheck is reporting that the unexpectedly high 20% tariff the U.S. recently imposed on Taiwan is intended to pressure TSMC to buy a 49% minority stake in Intel -- including an IP transfer and to spend $400 billion in the U.S., in addition to the $165 billion previously planned.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/06/2230237/taiwans-high-20-tariff-rate-linked-to-intel-investment?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.