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Forging Taiwan's Silicon Shield

Planet Money

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Min Nu's Secret Weapon - The New 20% Trade Agreement

In the late 1980s and early 90s, Nintendo was exploding in popularity. Like any other computer system, it needed semiconductors. Min realized that Nintendo was probably going to want a lot of American-made semiconductors because of new 20% trade agreement. If Min could somehow land that contract, maybe that would be enough money to fund his dream of building a proper semiconductor factory. But it was going to take an epic scheme to land that deal.

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