Top Taiwan chip designer MediaTek running simulations for possible US tariffs


FILE PHOTO: Mediatek Chief Executive Officer Rick Tsai talks to reporters following an award ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The chief executive of Taiwan's top chip design company MediaTek said on Friday that the company has been running simulations for possible U.S. tariffs on the island, but thinks for this year it would be "manageable".

Tech firms in Taiwan, home to the world's largest contract chipmaker TSMC, face the possibility U.S. President Donald Trump will follow through on threats to put tariffs on imported chips, having complained on the campaign trail about Taiwan having stolen American semiconductor business.

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