Fact Sheet: Restoring American Semiconductor Manufacturing Leadership Through an Agreement on Trade & Investment with Taiwan - U.S. Department of Commerce
ADVANCING AMERICA FIRST TRADE AND INVESTMENT: Today, the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States signed a historic trade deal that will drive a massive reshoring of America’s semiconductor sector. This unprecedented commitment will strengthen U.S. economic resilience, create high-paying jobs, and bolster national security.
• The agreement establishes a strategic economic partnership between the United States and Taiwan to decisively strengthen U.S. domestic semiconductor supply chains and secure America’s technological and industrial leadership.
o Direct Investments: Taiwanese semiconductor and technology enterprises will make new, direct investments totaling at least $250 billion to build and expand advanced semiconductor, energy, and artificial intelligence production and innovation capacity in the United States.
o Additional Investments: Taiwan will provide credit guarantees of at least $250 billion to facilitate additional investment by Taiwanese enterprises, supporting the establishment and expansion of the full semiconductor supply chain and ecosystem in the United States.
o Industrial Clusters: The United States and Taiwan will establish world-class industrial parks in the United States to strengthen America’s industrial infrastructure and position the United States as the global center for next-generation technology, advanced manufacturing, and innovation.
• Taiwan will facilitate U.S. investment in the Taiwanese semiconductor, AI, defense technology, telecommunications, and biotechnology industries to expand market access for American companies, deepen technological collaboration, and strengthen U.S. leadership in critical and emerging industries.
• The agreement will enhance balanced trade through a predictable tariff framework.
o The U.S. reciprocal tariff rate applied to Taiwanese goods will total no more than 15 percent.
o The U.S. Section 232 duties applied to Taiwanese auto parts, timber, lumber, and wood derivative products will total no more than 15 percent.
o The United States will apply a zero percent reciprocal tariff for generic pharmaceuticals, their generic ingredients, aircraft components, and unavailable natural resources.
o Future Section 232 duties applied to Taiwanese semiconductors will reward Taiwanese semiconductor producers that invest in the United States.
Taiwanese companies building new U.S. semiconductor capacity may import up to 2.5 times that planned capacity without paying Section 232 duties during the approved construction period, with a lower preferential Section 232 rate for above-quota imports.
Taiwanese companies who have completed new chip production projects in the United States will still be able to import 1.5 times their new U.S. production capacity without paying Section 232 duties.
SECURING AMERICA’S SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN: Semiconductors are vital for America’s industrial, technological, and military strength. Yet, for far too long, the Washington establishment allowed this strategic sector to move offshore, leaving the United States dependent on foreign manufacturers and brittle global supply chains. The Trump Administration is committed to reversing that trend.
• Semiconductors are the foundational components of modern technology. They power computing systems in products ranging from smartphones and automobiles to telecommunications equipment and military weapons.
• The U.S. share of global wafer fabrication declined sharply from 37 percent in 1990 to less than 10 percent in 2024. Today, most semiconductors are fabricated in East Asia due to foreign industrial policies that distort global trade flows.
• President Trump’s Commerce Department is leading a whole-of-government effort to revitalize American semiconductor manufacturing.
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Federal Register Notices:
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Dental Burs and Kits Thereof; Notice of Institution of Investigation
• Certain Nasal Devices and Components Thereof; Notice of Commission's Request for Written Submissions on Remedy, the Public Interest, and Bonding
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews" Certain Uncoated Paper From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Wireless Communication Devices and Components Thereof; Notice of Institution of Investigation
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Hardwood and Decorative Plywood From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
• Hardwood and Decorative Plywood From Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
• Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
• Hardwood and Decorative Plywood From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
• L-Lysine From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
• Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Determinations, Investigations, etc.: Fiberglass Door Panels From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures
• Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes From China and Vietnam; Cancellation of Hearing for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Pre-Stretched Synthetic Braiding Hair and Packaging Therefor; Notice of Institution of Formal Enforcement Proceeding
• Fresh Mushrooms From Canada
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Organic Soybean Meal From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
• Utility Scale Wind Towers From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
• Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy of the Antidumping Duty Petition: Fresh Winter Strawberries From Mexico
• Lightweight Thermal Paper From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders
• Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order
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USITC Makes Determinations in Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews Concerning Certain Collated Steel Staples from China - U.S, International Trade Commission
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC) today determined that revoking the existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain collated steel staples from China would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, the existing orders on imports of this product from China will remain in place.
Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners David S. Johanson and Jason E. Kearns voted in the affirmative.
Today’s action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. See the attached page for background on these five-year (sunset) reviews.
The Commission’s public report, Certain Collated Steel Staples from China (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-626 and 731-TA-1452 (Review), USITC Publication 5698, February 2026), will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the reviews.
The report will be available by February 24,2026; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website.
BACKGROUND
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the Department of Commerce and the USITC determine that revoking the order or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (USITC) within a reasonably foreseeable time.
The Commission’s institution notice in five-year reviews requests that interested parties file responses with the Commission concerning the likely effects of revoking the order under review as well as other information. Generally, within 95 days from institution, the Commission will determine whether the responses it has received reflect an adequate or inadequate level of interest in a full review. If responses to the USITC’s notice of institution are adequate, or if other circumstances warrant a full review, the Commission conducts a full review, which includes a public hearing and issuance of questionnaires.
The Commission generally does not hold a hearing or conduct further investigative activities in expedited reviews. Commissioners base their injury determination in expedited reviews on the facts available, including the Commission’s prior injury and review determinations, responses received to its notice of institution, data collected by staff in connection with the reviews, and information provided by the Department of Commerce.
The five-year (sunset) reviews concerning Certain Collated Steel Staples from China were instituted on June 2, 2025.
On September 5, 2025, the Commission determined to conduct expedited five-year reviews. Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners David S. Johanson and Jason E. Kearns concluded that the domestic interested party group responses were adequate and the respondent interested party group responses were inadequate, and voted for expedited reviews.
A record of the Commission’s vote to conduct expedited reviews is available on the investigations page for Certain Collated Steel Staples from China; Inv. No. 701-TA-626 and 731-TA-1452 (Review).
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CBP modifies Withhold Release Order on FGV Holdings Berhad in Malaysia - U.S Customs & Border Protection
FGV Holdings Berhad remediates forced labor in its production of palm oil and palm oil products
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection today took a decisive step to address forced labor in global supply chains by modifying the Withhold Release Order issued Sept. 30, 2020, against palm oil and palm oil products produced in Malaysia by FGV Holdings Berhad, its subsidiaries and joint ventures (collectively known as FGV).
As of Jan. 15, 2026, the U.S. will no longer detain at ports of entry palm oil and palm oil products produced by FGV and, effective immediately, will allow palm oil and palm oil products produced by FGV to enter the United States, provided they are otherwise compliant with U.S. laws.
“Responsible trade must protect the people behind the product, not put them at risk,” said Rodney S. Scott, CBP Commissioner. “When our review showed that FGV’s shipments weren’t meeting U.S. standards, we took action to stop them. The company has now made the corrections we required, and this modification helps keep our supply chains fair, secure and accountable.”
This is the agency’s first modification in fiscal year 2026. Since 2019, CBP has issued and modified eight WROs and Findings in the palm oil and glove manufacturing sectors of Malaysia. As a result of these enforcement actions, companies have repaid over $85 million in withheld wages and recruitment fees to workers trapped in debt bondage. These changes have led to a more level playing field for American businesses and workers.
CBP does not modify WROs or Findings until the agency has evidence demonstrating that the producer of subject merchandise no longer produces, manufactures or mines the subject goods using forced labor.
“By restoring the true value of labor through these reimbursements, we are doing more than leveling the playing field for American businesses. We are affirming the inherent dignity of workers who have been exploited by these companies,” said Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner for CBP’s Office of Trade Susan S. Thomas. “On this Human Trafficking Prevention Month, this action helps to demonstrate the effectiveness of CBP’s forced labor enforcement.”
On Sept. 30, 2020, CBP issued a WRO against imported palm oil and palm oil products produced using forced labor, wholly or in part, by FGV, based on evidence reasonably indicating that the working conditions at FGV exposed workers to all 11 International Labour Organization forced labor indicators. Since implementing the WRO, FGV has taken actions to identify, correct and prevent forced labor using the established process that allows interested parties to request that CBP modify a WRO or Finding.
Any person or organization with reason to believe merchandise produced with forced labor is being (or is likely to be) imported into the United States can report detailed allegations by contacting CBP through the e-Allegations Online Trade Violation Reporting System or by calling 1-800-BE-ALERT.
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Hard Empty Capsules from Brazil, China, India, And Vietnam Injure U.S. Industry, Says USITC - USITC
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of hard empty capsules from China, India, and Vietnam, and that an industry in the United States is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of hard empty capsules from Brazil, that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the governments of Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam.
Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners Jason E. Kearns and David S. Johanson voted in the affirmative.
As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, Commerce will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of this product from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam.
The Commission’s public report, Hard Empty Capsules from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-742-745 and 731-TA-1720-1723 (Final), USITC Publication 5696, February 2026), will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.
The report will be available by March 2, 2026; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website.
Status of proceedings, links to relevant documents, and more information about the investigations can be found at the Commission’s Investigations Database System (IDS).
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Customs Bulletin Weekly, Vol. 60, January 21, 2026, No. 03