Huang Zhifang, chairman of the Foreign Trade Association, said that TSMC's visit to the United States is an extension of Taiwan's industrial strength, and the International Trade Association, which takes the expansion of foreign trade as an important task, revealed that it will open a new office in Dallas, Texas, in the first half of next year to serve Taiwanese businessmen nearby and also respond to the United States. Funds and talents flow to the south, seizing the "American version of southbound business opportunities."

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[Reporter Lin Jinghua/Taipei Report] The confrontation between the United States and China has reshuffled the global supply chain. Huang Zhifang, chairman of the Foreign Trade Association, accepted an exclusive interview with this newspaper "What's the matter with me?" The extension of industrial national power, and the trade association whose important task is to expand foreign trade, Huang Zhifang revealed that in the first half of next year, a new office will be opened in Dallas, Texas, USA to serve Taiwanese businessmen nearby. to business opportunities".

Huang Zhifang mentioned that geopolitics will produce many problems. The more problems, the more opportunities. The biggest challenge now is to play a good role as a regional supply chain manager. He has served as the chairman of the trade association for 6 years and observed that "Taiwan is the world's most A country that can handle manufacturing."

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He took TSMC as an example. R&D is placed in Taiwan, but under the new geopolitics, TSMC has become a problem for the United States, Japan, and even Europe. There will be other problems in the future. This is an extension of the national strength of the industry and also verifies Taiwan’s regional supply. important role in the chain.

Huang Zhifang said bluntly that TSMC’s establishment of a factory in the United States has high labor costs, but it is not without advantages compared to land and energy prices.

Although geopolitics has risks, it also has benefits. The United States has banned SMIC and Huawei on the grounds of national security considerations, which means that Taiwanese companies will not encounter China’s low-cost Red Sea competition when they enter the US market. He emphasized that entrepreneurs now Not only the CEO, but also the minister of foreign affairs, finance, and economy, and must be sensitive to geopolitics.

According to his analysis, due to the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico will be the next very important market for Taiwanese businessmen. In addition, the United States will also find trustworthy countries, and the adjustment speed must be fast enough to seize business opportunities.

Therefore, the Trade Association and the American Institute in Taiwan jointly published the Chinese and English versions of the "Supply Chain Restructuring Pilot Map" to let the outside world understand the key core of supply chain restructuring.

Huang Zhifang mentioned that next year, the trade association has important sales expansion plans in the United States, Japan and other places.

He said that the U.S. technology industry has recently laid off workers, and talent flows to the south. In addition, TSMC has set up a factory in Arizona. Capital, talent, and technology are all heading south. In response to the "American version of the southbound", the trade association will With the opening of a new office in Dallas, Texas, Taiwanese service providers also seized business opportunities.

Huang Zhifang just went to Japan for inspection and brought back the latest observations. There are two hot keywords in Japan: Digital transformation (DX) and TSMC (TSMC). The two are inseparable from Taiwan. The speed must be accelerated; as for TSMC's investment in Kumamoto, it will bring a boost to Japan's boring economy.

Huang Zhifang also warned that this wave of inflation must be prepared for a long-term war of resistance. The most important thing is that companies must have their own moats. For example, TSMC’s advanced manufacturing process is irreplaceable, which is the deepest moat. Each company must have its own uniqueness. Only then can we protect ourselves wisely.

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