Joe Biden starts Asia trip with global issues and technology on agenda

US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visit a Samsung plant (Evan Vucci/AP)

US President Joe Biden has opened his trip to Asia with a focus on the computer chip shortage that has hit the world economy.

He toured a Samsung computer chip plant that will serve as a model for a 17 billion dollar semiconductor factory that the Korean electronics company plans to open in Texas.