On his Twitter handle, Chief Minister M K Stalin said the LoI was signed, in his presence, between the state government and Foxconn Group represented by its chairman Young Liu.
China also accused the US of attempting to turn Taipei into a 'powder keg' and 'ammunition depot', raising the threat of war in the Taiwan Strait.
China protested against the transfer of American weapons to Taiwan, saying the US should stop activities that can increase tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Typhoon Doksuri has forced thousands of people to evacuate in the Philippines, while sea travel was halted due to heavy rains and rising tidal waves.
"The Taiwanese investors are hungry for India and the semiconductor cooperation between Taiwan and India is being blessed by the top leadership of the two countries," said Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu.
China has insisted that Taiwan is a separatist province that must be reunited with the mainland—even if it means using force—to do so. China has been stationing warships close to Taiwan and regularly sending fighter jets into the air defense zone.
"India is also facing a threat in its northern borders with China. It is not only the military threat coming from the North, but it is also the Indian Ocean that India might face some challenges," he stated.
Addressing German lawmakers, Scholz said that he wanted constructive relations with China owing to the key role of the latter in the resolution of global problems like food security and poverty. “At the same time we clearly urged China to stick to international rules," he said.
Although it was earlier expected that the meeting would not yield any breakthrough in cooling tensions between the world's two largest economies, it wasn't speculated that the Biden administration would take a U-turn over the Taiwan issue.
US-Taiwan trade deal: The agreement between the two nations was signed by employees of the unofficial entities that maintain relations between the United States and Taiwan, a center for high-tech industry.
NATO Plus is a security arrangement that unites NATO and five adjusted countries—Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, and South Korea—to boost global defence cooperation.
The prime minister's comments in the capital city of Papua New Guinea came amid China's aggressive behaviour in the region as well as its efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific island nations.
China considers Taiwan a part of its territory to be annexed by force if necessary. Earlier in April, China held large-scale air and sea drills in the in areas surrounding Taiwan in retaliation for Tsai's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on April 5 in California.
China said on Wednesday that the exercises simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a “serious warning” to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters.
Although there was no mention of any peace talks on Sunday, a statement released by the Kremlin termed the recent visit of Xi as "very productive".
Chang, who is a director in PMC Projects (India) Pvt Ltd that constructs ports, terminals, rail lines, power lines, and other infrastructure assets for Adani Group, was being called a Chinese national because of his passport, linking the ports-to-energy conglomerate run by Gautam Adani to China.
China military drills: The exercises this time have focused more on air strength, with Taiwan reporting more than 200 flights by Chinese warplanes.
"The theatre's troops are ready to fight at all times and can fight at any time to resolutely smash any form of Taiwan independence' and foreign interference attempts," the Chinese military said.
The United States, on several occasions, termed sailing in the South China Sea as their international navigation rights, while Beijing called it "illegal".
According to the Taiwanese Defence Ministry, the Chinese warplanes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s southwest and southeast ADIZ.
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