For decades, Taiwan’s government has limited how its high-tech firms like TSMC could invest in mainland China. Cindy Whang (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan) explains Taiwan’s history and foreign investment screening rules, as well as lessons the United States could draw from as it weighs a similar policy (35:39).

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• Chad P. Bown and Yilin Wang. 2023. Taiwan’s outbound foreign investment, particularly in tech, continues to go to mainland China dispute strict controls. PIIE Chart, February 27.