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.

Premier Cho Jung-tai said the island’s government would look for ways to maintain the island’s ‘leading position’.

Though the United States is the global leader in designing chips, the vast majority of chip production happens overseas, particularly in U.S.-ally Taiwan.

Macworld Are you saving up for a new Mac, iPhone, or iPad this year? You might need to save more money than you were planning, especially if you live in the U.S. That’s if President Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on computer chips goes into effect.

Trump threatened tariffs Monday to bring semiconductor, chip and pharmaceutical production back to the US, arguing that many companies have relocated to Taiwan. “They left us and went to Taiwan, which is about 90% of the chip business, and we want them to come back,” said Trump.

While the tariffs aim to boost domestic manufacturing, they are unlikely to divert production from Asia immediately.

Donald Trump called for tariffs on foreign computer chips, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals from places like Taiwan in the near future.

Semiconductor business between Taiwan and the United States is a "win-win" model for both sides given the high level of complementarity, the island's economy ministry said on Tuesday responding to tariff threats from U.

Taiwan is the world’s biggest producer of high-end computer processors and semiconductors. The newly-minted Trump administration has announced its latest series of tariff plans, including a “25 percent,