https://x.com/Brad_Setser/status/2027026463493341379?s=20
Taiwan: TSMC's dominance of chip manufacturing led Taiwan to post a $70b quarterly current account surplus in q4. That is $280b annualized, or a surplus of ~ 33% of GDP
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