Italy Minister Confirms Delegation Visited Taiwan For Chip Talks

Italy’s minister for business and made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, said an Italian delegation visited Taiwan to discuss potential cooperation in the semiconductor sector.

(Bloomberg) — Italy’s minister for business and made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, said an Italian delegation visited Taiwan to discuss potential cooperation in the semiconductor sector.

“I sent a ministry task force in Taiwan, and one also in Seul, to discuss and illustrate our plan on semiconductors,” Urso said on Friday in Pavia, Italy. “It was a technical meeting, and not political.”

Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that Italian officials hinted in private talks with Taiwan that they may be willing to pull out of a controversial pact with China as they seek to secure help with semiconductors.

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