Trump Says China Taking Taiwan Would Be "Catastrophic"

US President Donald Trump said Monday that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be "catastrophic," as the island's chipmaking titan TSMC announced major investment in the United States.

"That would be a catastrophic event, obviously," Trump said at an announcement of the investment, which he said "will at least give us a position where we have, in this very, very important business, we would have a very big part of it in the United States."

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