Taiwan says US officials have visited to discuss concerns about chip subsidies
The United States has sent officials to Taiwan to listen to concerns in the chip industry about the criteria for new US semiconductor subsidies, Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said. The criteria are worrying companies like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and SK Hynix Inc, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday, a concern shared by the world's leading contract chipmaker in Taiwan, TSMC. Conditions include sharing excess profit with the US government, and industry sources have said the application process…