‘Please send us more chips’ Canadian lawmaker says in Taiwan

TAIPEI: A Canadian lawmaker who represents an area in the country’s main auto producing province said on Friday he had asked Taiwan to “please send us more chips” to help resolve an ongoing shortage that continues to snarl some production lines.

The automotive industry has been badly affected by global tightness in semiconductor supplies, which have in some cases forced companies to suspend production lines.

Chris Lewis, a member of parliament from Ontario which is home to Ford Motor Co and other auto factories, told reporters on a visit to Taiwan as part of a Canadian parliamentary delegation that the lack of chips continued to bite.