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Wang Mei-hua has been in the United States all week to respond
to what her office has called "concerns" about supply chains and
geopolitical issues.
Taiwan is a major semiconductor producer, home to the world's
largest contract chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Corp, and supplies most the world's major tech firms.
The island's position as a producer has prompted worries in the
United States it is too reliant on Taiwan, especially as China
ramps up military drills to assert its sovereignty claims.
Wang met executives on Friday from NVIDIA Corp, Cisco Systems
Inc, Applied Materials Inc and Synopsys Inc, the ministry said
in a statement, adding that she "got great interest" from them.
"The visits are expected to bring back U.S. research and
development investment and orders in Taiwan worth more than T$30
billion," it said, without elaborating.
The ministry said Wang met with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, Applied
Materials CEO Gary Dickerson, Cisco senior vice president and
global innovation officer Guy Diedrich, and Synopsys chairman
and CEO Aart de Geus.
NVIDIA declined to comment on the meeting. The other three
companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Wang said on Tuesday that if Taiwan remains safe, global supply
chains of vital semiconductors would also be secure.
($1 = 31.9720 Taiwan dollars)
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by William Mallard)
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