Taiwan's Inventec to invest up to US$85mil in US to lessen tariff impact
In a statement to the Taiwan stock exchange, the company said that its US subsidiary would look for "suitable production" plants in the southwestern US state.
The plan has been agreed upon by the board to "meet customer shipment location requirements, actively pursue new customers and markets, and mitigate the impact of fluctuations in US tariff policies," the company said in its short statement.
It did not elaborate.
The company is a contract maker of notebooks as well as AI servers that use Nvidia chips.
Inventec President Jack Tsai said in January that the company had started evaluating locations for investment in the United States and was favouring Texas for its proximity to Mexico and power infrastructure.
Taiwan had been due to be hit with a 32 per cent tariff under US President Donald Trump's plans for import taxes on all countries, until he hit the pause button for 90 days earlier this month.
Taiwan's government has repeatedly said it will help its companies invest more in the United States, and buy more goods from the country, to help reduce the island's yawning trade surplus.
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