Government debt ratios and the potential economic toll of a Taiwan crisis

The Kobeissi Letter puts Japan's gross government debt-to-GDP ratio at 204.4%, the U.S. at 125.8%, and the advanced-economy average at 108.2%. A post sharing a Times column argues that a Taiwan crisis would hurt the world economy more than the global financial crisis or COVID-19. A third post claims Trump announced a $1.5 billion Department of War investment in North Carolina semiconductor production and casts domestic chipmaking as a national security priority.