Estados Unidos

The United States and China depend on Taiwan's semiconductor industry. China imports 70% of this deficit from the Taiwan Semiconductor Manifacturing Company (TSMC); in addition, TSMC produces 92% of the most advanced chips designed by U.S. semiconductor companies.

TSMC leads the way in semiconductor production: there is no other company in the world that produces as efficiently and with a long-term vision as the Taiwanese company, which accounts for around 47% of total semiconductor sales revenue.

The conflict over Taiwan between China and the United States lies in the influence of TSMC, which is also an important part of China's plans to advance technological innovation.

The second estimate of GDP released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis show a decrease at an annual rate 1.5 percent in the first quarter of 2022, worst than released last month.

The drop was due to a drcreased in exports, government spending and an increase in imports. Within exports, were widespread decreased in nondurable goods. The decreased in government spending reflected a reduced in defense spending on intermediate goods and services. And the increased in imports was led by increases in durable goods.

In general, in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of COVID-19 cases still restricted opperations and activities production in some parts inside and outside of the country.