The Dominican Republic still has no semiconductor companies operating on its soil two years into a national chip push, a setback that has sent it looking to Arizona for help.

• A Dominican government and business delegation visited Arizona in late August and signed a cooperation deal on talent, research, and supply chains.
• Arizona is now a major US chip hub, home to TSMC, Intel, and Amkor, and the delegation toured Arizona State's advanced materials and semiconductor labs.
• President Luis Abinader made chips a national priority in 2024 and published a strategy last year targeting packaging, testing, and circuit boards.
• An OECD review found the country has no chip firms running yet, only a handful of small microelectronics businesses — it is still at the recruiting-and-training stage.
• The Dominican Republic cut ties with Taiwan in 2018 to recognize Beijing, ending earlier Taiwanese help building a local tech park once billed as a Caribbean Silicon Valley.

Outlook: Expect more courting of US firms and investment, but a working chip industry there is still years away.