·After the Korean government's drive for regional development resulted in massive investment plans by the semiconductor giants, the United States may also soon be clamoring for commmitments.
·Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have unveiled a combined 800 trillion won ($520 billion) plan to expand chipmaking facilities in Korea's Jeolla region, a homeland bet so large that the two companies may now have to brace for Washington in turn demanding they invest more in the United States.
·The U.S.
·government has kept up a drive to use semiconductor tariffs as leverage to bring foreign chipmakers onto American soil, and industry sources say that could sharpen its demands on Samsung and SK hynix just as they commit vast sums back home.
·Some in the chip industry say the indirect pressure has already begun since the announcement, and there is talk that Washington could revive its threat of a 100 percent tariff on semiconductors.
