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LCY Chemical CEO Vincent Liu said he has "never seen" a supply chain shift like the one currently shaking the chip industry. (Source photo by Cheng Ting-fang and screenshot from LCY's website) 

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- One of the world's biggest producers of chemicals for semiconductors plans to build a new plant in the U.S. in a move designed to meet Washington's goal of bringing critical parts of the chip supply chain onto its own soil.

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