Biden Team Pressing Taiwan, Allies on Auto Chip Shortfall
- White House has engaged with number of countries on the matter
- Outreach comes as plants idle production, cut workers’ hours
Brian Deese
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President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser, Brian Deese, has sought the Taiwanese government’s help resolving a global semiconductor shortage that’s idling U.S. car manufacturing plants, according to a letter reviewed by Bloomberg News.
In the letter, Deese thanked Taiwan’s minister of economic affairs, Wang Mei-hua, for her personal engagement on the microchips shortage and relayed concerns from U.S. automotive companies.