Today, most of the world's semiconductor manufacturing comes from TSMC, which has spent years expanding its operations in Taiwan as a hedge against Chinese aggression. The world needs TSMC, which helps to keep the CCP's "one China" rhetoric just that—rhetoric.

Though the United States is the global leader in designing chips, the vast majority of chip production happens overseas, particularly in U.S.-ally Taiwan.

Donald Trump called for tariffs on foreign computer chips, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals from places like Taiwan in the near future.