Trump's threat of Taiwan chip tariffs could give Nvidia a fresh headache after DeepSeek
President Donald Trump is threatening to impose tariffs of up to 100% on chips made in Taiwan.That could be bad news for Nvidia, which relies on Taiwan's TSMC for its chip supply.Nvidia's value declined by 17% on Monday in a market rout triggered by China's DeepSeek.President Donald Trump's pledge to impose tariffs on semiconductors made in Taiwan could deal a fresh blow to Nvidia, whose shares dropped by 17% on Monday in a DeepSeek-induced sell-off.Tech firms like Nvidia have long relied on Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract semiconductor manufacturer, to make the specialist AI chips they design in the US.That relationship was threatened on Monday as the president delivered a speech to Republicans in which he said tariffs on Taiwan would be aimed at returning the production of chips to the US.