Michael (Mike) Shepard

speaker

10 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 15 Jan

Michael (Mike) Shepard’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 3 in all, peaking in Jan 2026 with 3.

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Bloomberg News Now · Machado Presents Peace Prize to Trump, US-Taiwan Chip Deal, More · 15 Jan 2026 podcast

It's been a top priority for officials there in Taipei, but also here in Washington, because Taiwan is such a crucial source of the chips that go into artificial intelligence and AI data centers across the U.S.

and around the world.

And they wanted to make sure they get this locked into place and that they can have some assurance that supply lines to the island are really in a good place.

Bloomberg News Now · Stocks Close Higher on Tech Rally, US-Taiwan Trade Deal, More · 15 Jan 2026 podcast

The deal would include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company agreeing to build as many as four additional plants, along with two packaging facilities.

So we're talking about a lot of investment here.

And this is something that officials in Taiwan have been looking for.

But it runs the risk, of course, of antagonizing China.

Bloomberg News Now · Stocks Slide, Trump Defends ICE in Deadly MN Shooting, More · 7 Jan 2026 podcast

This would be perhaps the fourth or more seizure of a Venezuela-bound or Venezuela-departing tanker by U.S.

forces as a result of this blockade that the U.S.

has imposed.

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