Taiwan President Lai Ching-te pledged on Friday to talk with the United States about President Donald Trump's concerns over the chip industry and to increase U.S. investment and buy more from the country,

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer and Apple's main iPhone maker, can plan its production around new U.S. tariffs, the company's chairman said on Wednesday.

Taiwanese officials, facing a more transactional U.S. relationship, have traveled to Washington to float energy deals and defend the island’s semiconductors.

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te held a national security meeting on Friday to discuss economic and geopolitical challenges, including U.S.