not just economically, but specifically technology plays an important role. technological supremacy is a large part of why the west and the US is able to maintain imperial supremacy, especially since technology plays such an important role in military supremacy. hypersonic weapons is a good demonstrator of this. there is a 5-15 year window in which the US might feel it would be able to win a small or large scale conflict, and it would rather fight with a seeming advantage than not. taking TSMC (depending on the timeframe, both countries are aiming for self-sufficiency) could also be a killing blow on US infrastructure and its ability to produce high-end military hardware.
not just economically, but specifically technology plays an important role. technological supremacy is a large part of why the west and the US is able to maintain imperial supremacy, especially since technology plays such an important role in military supremacy. hypersonic weapons is a good demonstrator of this. there is a 5-15 year window in which the US might feel it would be able to win a small or large scale conflict, and it would rather fight with a seeming advantage than not. taking TSMC (depending on the timeframe, both countries are aiming for self-sufficiency) could also be a killing blow on US infrastructure and its ability to produce high-end military hardware.