The U.S. and Taiwan are working together to secure supply chains as global chip manufacturers face a looming deadline to meet the Biden administration’s request for company data, according to Washington’s envoy to Taipei
Sandra Oudkirk, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), told reporters in Taipei Friday that U.S. officials have met with the leaders of local semiconductor firms, adding that they had "excellent safeguards” to protect proprietary information.
"The Commerce Department’s request for information is designed to better understand the semiconductor supply chain,” said Oudkirk — the de facto U.S. ambassador to Taiwan in the absence of official ties — at her first news conference since being appointed in July.