Taiwan Talks Chips, Chinese ‘Coercion’ in US Meeting

The flags of Taiwan and the United States that were placed for a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan on March 27, 2018. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

TAIPEI—Taiwan and the United States discussed chip shortages and how to respond to China’s economic “coercion” during the second session of an economic dialogue launched last year, Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Tuesday.

The talks came a week after a virtual meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. After that meeting, Xi said that supporters of Taiwanese independence in the United States, were “playing with fire.”