Taiwan's economy minister said on Tuesday his ministry had not received information about an overseas investment application by Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC , when asked about possible investment in Intel and the United States.

President Donald Trump's administration may not support Intel's U.S. chip factories being operated by a foreign entity, a White House official told Reuters.

Can US coercion forge a deal across the Pacific that doesn’t make business sense? While the Trump administration pushes the idea, don’t bet on Taiwan’s top semiconductor manufacturer tying up with US-based Intel.

As Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the Republican party spew Russian misinformation daily, a former Russian intelligence agent says the KGB Recruited Trump in the 1980s.

TSMC, which makes around 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductors, would take over Intel’s manufacturing business and hold a majority share, alongside a group of investors that could include private equity firms and other tech companies.

Taiwanese contract manufacturer TSMC is considering taking a controlling stake in chipmaker Intel's factories at the request of Trump, per Bloomberg.

The US government might push for a joint venture between Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. This partnership would aim to strengthen Intel's semiconductor manufacturing. The joint venture could benefit from the US CHIPS Act.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has sparked concerns within the intelligence community after it posted information about an agency to its website.

Universiti Malaya’s Goh Lim Thye says these firms should strengthen supply chain resilience and explore a China Plus One strategy.

OTTAWA — A former top intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he fears the U.S. might put intelligence sharing on the table in talks about the state of Canada’s defence spending. Vincent Rigby said he worries about intelligence being used as a negotiating tool as the Donald Trump White house seeks to extract gains from Canada.

Vietnam, as with many other countries, is also highly exposed to Trump’s threats of reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners. He has also threatened to levy 25 per cent tariffs on steel imports, which could also hit Vietnam, the US’s fifth-biggest supplier of the metal.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the CIA and the Office of Director of National Intelligence from firing 11 people whose jobs were eliminated to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end federal diversity programs.