Japan and the United States are currently in negotiations to build a chip factory, as part of a $550 billion tariff agreement investment plan between the two countries.
According to a report from the Nikkei, Japanese and American government officials familiar with the negotiations revealed that the total investment in the project could reach 2 to 3 trillion yen (about $128 billion to $193 billion).
The current discussion outlines that the American chip outsourcing company GlobalFoundries will be responsible for operating the new factory, focusing on producing logic chips used for computation and data processing.
It is reported that after the possibility of constructing a chip manufacturing project was proposed by the U.S., Japan and the U.S. are discussing issues such as investment returns and prospects.
Officials from both sides have held discussions on the relevant plans on Monday and Tuesday of this week. If the plan is eventually implemented, it will expand Japan’s investments in the U.S. from energy projects to semiconductor manufacturing and other technology industries.