Peter S. Goodman

I'm home with my kids.

Maybe I can't make it.

And so this creates all sorts of misunderstandings, bad feeling from the American standpoint.

They're dealing with this domineering, you know, control-oriented company.

From the Taiwanese perspective, they're dealing with workers who aren't fully in it for the team and aren't working as hard as the people they're bringing in from Taiwan.

Right.

So I spent time looking at a plant that's being built by one of TSMC's suppliers.

It's a company called Amcor.

It's a so-called packaging plant.

They take the chips that are made and they configure them to fit into your iPhone or your car or whatever.

Right.

Well, they end up in this right in the middle of a planned mixed-use community.

That's supposed to mean, you know, retail, maybe some offices, walkable homes.

There are golf courses around.

And neighbors learn that there's this factory planned.

It's going to interfere with their views.

They're peace and quiet.

They're worried about water.

They're worried about tractor trailers coming through the area.

And the local city...