Regarding whether it will submit trade secrets to the United States on schedule, TSMC, the world's largest chip foundry, told the media on the 25th that the company has long actively cooperated with and provided support to all stakeholders to overcome the challenges of global semiconductor supply, but it has not and will not provide confidential data, as the company's attorney general said a few days ago, "TSMC will not provide confidential data, nor will it do anything detrimental to the rights and interests of customers and shareholders.". Earlier, TSMC's statements were repeated, pointing to the compromise and surrender of the United States. South Korea's Asia daily On October 25, the company said on October 22 that it would submit relevant materials to the United States before the deadline of November 8. TSMC argued on October 23 that the purpose of submitting materials to the United States was to help clarify the semiconductor shortage. It was believed that TSMC was actually a compromise made under pressure from the United States. On September 23, the U.S. Department of Commerce held the third meeting with semiconductor supply chain manufacturers and automobile manufacturers on chip shortage. The U.S. government requested TSMC and others to provide detailed information on semiconductor supply, including customer information, customer orders, inventory and delivery date. Reuters reported that the U.S. Department of Commerce made a statement It was revealed that enterprises including Intel, Infineon, SK Hynix and general motors have expressed their willingness to provide data, and the U.S. Department of Commerce "encourages other enterprises to follow up". Whether to use coercive measures depends on how many enterprises respond in the end and the quality of the data provided. South Korea's Samsung has not made a similar statement. South Korea's Asia Daily said on the 25th that the U.S. Department of Commerce threatened to consider using the national defense production law if these enterprises refused to provide information As a result, the burden on Korean chip manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will be further increased. Because most of the information belongs to trade secrets, if the business information of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix is obtained by competitors such as Intel, apple and micron, it will be a fatal blow to Korean enterprises. On the 13th of this month, South Korean ambassador to the United States Li Xiuhe said that although the United States The normal operation of the chip supply chain requires enterprises to "voluntarily" provide, but this obviously puts great pressure on enterprises, and enterprises will not easily provide highly confidential information. Japan economic news said that the industry has always believed that "semiconductor shortage will continue in 2022" If the mutual distrust between the U.S. government and large semiconductor enterprises such as TSMC deepens, it may hit a series of measures aimed at alleviating the global semiconductor shortage. The supply chain and distribution network of semiconductors are very complex. Even if large enterprises such as TSMC provide information according to the requirements of the United States, it is very subtle whether they can promote the solution of the problem. (Xinhua News Agency)