<p style="text-align:start;" size="0" _root="undefined" __ownerid="undefined" __hash="undefined" __altered="false">Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (<a href="https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/money/markets/tsmc-shares-down-following-comments-from-donald-trump-that-taiwan-should-pay-for-defense" target="_blank">TSMC</a>) shares dropped on Friday as trading resumed following a two-day break due to a typhoon, joining other leading chipmakers in a global tech rout.</p>
