Trump’s Tariffs Impede Malaysia’s Plan to Prepare for A.I.

The Intel factory is in the same neighborhood as the one set up by AMD, a rival chipmaker. A quick drive away is a plant built by HP. They are all part of a large thicket of buildings that evokes Silicon Valley but is in Malaysia.

American companies started opening manufacturing facilities in Malaysia’s Penang State over five decades ago. The partnership has created tens of thousands of jobs and been a lucrative industry for Malaysia, which has become a crucial cog in the global tech…