Taiwan's President Lai Calls for Supply Chain Decoupling From China

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In an interview with Japanese media Nikkei, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te urged democratic countries to form their own supply chains to the exclusion of China, using the phrase "non-red" supply chains.

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00:00Taiwan's President Lai Ching-de is urging democratic countries to build supply chains

00:04that exclude China.

00:06In an interview with Japanese media Nikkei, Lai called on democracies to band together

00:11on trade and reduce reliance on Chinese suppliers.

00:15He also urged Japan to pursue a bilateral trade agreement with Taiwan, citing China's

00:19unfair market practices and the threat it poses to Taiwan's democracy.

00:24Taiwan currently produces over half of the world's most advanced semiconductor chips,

00:29with some materials and equipment still sourced from Chinese companies.

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