The United States requires Taiwan to invest up to $550 billion, and semiconductor tariffs may be further increased.

The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing the tariff authority of the Trump administration, but trade negotiations between Taiwan and the U.S. remain unaffected. In response to the U.S. Department of Commerce's independent investigation into semiconductors and potential additional chip tariffs, Taiwan is accelerating negotiations with Washington. At the same time, the U.S. is asking Taiwan to present an investment commitment “between the scale of South Korea and Japan, in the hundreds of billions of dollars,” and both sides are closely discussing the details. Taiwan aims to finalize the agreement by the end of this month, but the U.S. government shutdown adds uncertainty to the timeline, while the U.S. side is also pushing forward with negotiations in Asia before the ruling is announced, advancing the Taiwan-U.S. agreement together.

Taiwan-U.S. negotiations are proceeding as usual, with the semiconductor investigation becoming a key point.

Even though the U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of the Trump administration's use of “emergency powers” to impose tariffs, countries including Taiwan continue to maintain their established negotiation pace. U.S.-China relations have slightly eased recently, and negotiations with Asian countries have been accelerated, while Taiwan has not slowed down its pace.

For Taiwan, the biggest risk at present is not whether the current 20% tariff will be lifted, but rather the semiconductor investigation being conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce. This procedure is unrelated to court rulings; even if the court overturns the tariff, chips may still be subjected to new taxes.

Taiwan needs to commit k billions, with a scale comparable to the Korea-Japan model.

According to informed sources, the United States has requested Taiwan to make large investment commitments in the protocol, with the amount falling between “$350 billion for South Korea and $550 billion for Japan.” This request continues the investment framework that the U.S. has negotiated with South Korea and Japan in recent years.

Both parties are currently negotiating the amount and detailed terms. The original text does not specify the purpose of the investment, but it clearly states that what Taiwan needs to commit to is a scale of “hundreds of billions of dollars.”

The schedule is stalled, and the pressure from chip tariffs is approaching.

Taiwan originally hoped to complete the entire protocol by the end of this month, but sources indicate that the progress depends on whether the U.S. government can resume operations quickly; otherwise, the relevant technical processes will be forced to delay. Currently, Taiwan's timeline goal remains “to finalize by the end of November.”

Taiwan is accelerating negotiations because the U.S. Department of Commerce is conducting an independent investigation into the semiconductor industry, which could lead to a new wave of chip tariffs. This procedure is unrelated to the tariff laws currently being reviewed by the Supreme Court. Therefore, even if the existing 20% tariff is ultimately overturned, Taiwan may still face greater pressure from semiconductor tariffs.

The United States accelerates negotiations in Asia, and the Taiwan-U.S. protocol is also accelerating.

According to U.S. trade officials, several Asian countries have recently completed new protocols with the United States, and Taiwan is also within the scope of accelerated advancement.

The goal of the United States is to complete as many negotiations as possible before the Supreme Court ruling is issued, reflecting the intention of the United States to finalize all agreements before the ruling to ensure that the outcomes of the negotiations are not affected by variables.

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