Name: Howard Lutnick breaks down recent $250B trade deal with Taiwan
Uploaded: 2026-01-15T20:07:37+00:00
Duration: 319 s

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Howard Lutnick — Secretary of Commerce

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick joins Power Lunch to discuss the newly negotiated U.S.-Taiwan trade deal. He outlines a combined $500 billion commitment—$250 billion from Taiwanese companies and $250 billion in government credit—to bring the semiconductor supply chain to America, including TSMC's expanding U.S. footprint and hundreds of supplier companies. Lutnick also details tariff relief for Taiwan, including a reduction from 20% to 15%, zero tariffs on generic pharmaceuticals and aircraft parts, and a semiconductor import allowance tied to U.S. construction commitments.

Lutnick discusses the $250B corporate and $250B government commitments from Taiwan.
The deal aims to bring the semiconductor supply chain and 40% of Taiwan's production to the U.S.
TSMC is expected to expand its U.S. footprint, possibly doubling in size.
Taiwan gets a tariff reduction from 20% to 15%.
Generic pharmaceuticals and aircraft parts from Taiwan get zero tariffs.
Semiconductor imports can be tariff-free while companies build in the U.S., up to 2.5x the amount built.
Lutnick says the goal is U.S. self-sufficiency in semiconductor building capacity.

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Howard Lutnick Secretary of Commerce 0:42

TSMC U.S. expansion expected to double

TSMC is expanding its U.S. footprint dramatically: it just bought hundreds of acres adjacent to its property, has a prior $100 billion commitment from 2025, and Lutnick expects it to come in 'huge, bigger' with reports of possibly doubling in size in America. The U.S. gave Taiwan $100 billion in credit toward the $250 billion corporate commitment, and if TSMC builds in America and the Commerce Department approves its plan, it can import semiconductors tariff-free up to 2.5 times the amount it builds, reinforcing the expansion.

Howard Lutnick Secretary of Commerce 1:13

U.S. onshoring semiconductor supply chain

The U.S.-Taiwan trade deal represents a $500 billion down payment to onshore the semiconductor supply chain: $250 billion in direct corporate commitments plus $250 billion in government credit for smaller and medium-sized Taiwanese suppliers. The objective is to bring the entire supply chain to America, build giant semiconductor industrial parks, attract hundreds of companies, and bring 40% of Taiwan's entire supply chain and production into the U.S. so America becomes self-sufficient in semiconductor building capacity.

This CNBC video, published January 15, 2026, features Howard Lutnick discussing TSM, U.S. semiconductor supply chain. 2 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

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Howard Lutnick breaks down recent $250B trade deal with Taiwan

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