Tariffs could be imposed on foreign-made semiconductor chips, including those by Taiwan's TSMC, if they are not made stateside US President Donald Trump has called Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek's strong showing a "wake-up call" and "positive" for America's tech sector,

Donald Trump says news of Chinese AI system DeepSeek should be seen as a positive. The U.S. president said it should just spur American tech firms to do better.

President Donald Trump said Jan. 27 that DeepSeek’s release “should be a wake-up call for our industries that we need to be laser focused on competing to win.”