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Taiwan in the cross hairs

Ongoing disruption to global auto production has highlighted the extent to which semiconductors have become an essential input in products that aren’t traditionally considered electronics and also how dependent the world is on Taiwan to produce them. This dependency poses a threat to the global economy that can be mitigated but won’t be fully addressed in the foreseeable future.

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