Taiwan has leverage in U.S.-China standoff: semiconductors Share Now on: HTML EMBED: Taiwan has leverage in U.S.-China standoff: semiconductors Share Now on: HTML EMBED: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly planning on visiting Taiwan on Tuesday, though her office hasn’t confirmed it. China isn’t too happy about Pelosi’s expected visit — remember, the Chinese Communist Party has basically considered Taiwan a missing piece of the People’s Republic since the island broke away in 1949. Chinese President Xi Jinping is threatening some type of retaliation should the speaker actually head to Taipei. It would be a mistake to think Taiwan is…