India should be pragmatic in its approach to manufacturing semiconductor chips domestically, according to Kristy Hsu, Director of Taiwan ASEAN Studies Center at Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research. Hsu argued it is not necessary for countries to manufacture the most advanced chips; instead, they should focus on the chips which best serve the local market.

In an interview with Siddharth Upasani and Aanchal Magazine, Hsu also discussed Taiwan’s role in the semiconductor supply chain, its links to India and its engineering talent, the US’ tariff war, and the need to make supply chains resilient.

Tariffs and Asia

“Trump, in his second term, has taken a divide-and-conquer kind of approach in tariff negotiations – making countries that have similar export or industry structures compet

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