Taiwan’s government will soon look at whether it needs to help its domestic industry over threats by President Donald Trump to put tariffs on semiconductors, Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Wednesday.

The island computer chip and electronics components hub is vulnerable to new import duties, so its economy ministry will advise on possible U.S. states for investment, local laws and help finding partners.

The popularity of DeepSeek has also led to it being targeted by "large-scale malicious attacks," with NSFOCUS revealing that it detected three waves of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks aimed at its API interface between January 25 and 27, 2025.

Democratically governed Taiwan has long been wary of Chinese technology given Beijing's sovereignty claims over the island and its military and political threats against the government in Taipei. During a cabinet meeting,