Huawei chip mission shows Taiwan economy gaining from trade war

Growth outpaces peers, but tech companies in tricky spot between US and China

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Huawei is seeking to have Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. allocate more advanced production to China. (Nikkei Montage/ Source photo by Reuters)

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- A small group of high-ranking Huawei executives went to Taiwan last month on a mission to ensure that a crucial supplier could continue delivering cutting-edge chips to the Chinese tech giant amid the protracted trade war between Beijing and Washington.

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