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.