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Wednesday 30 January 2019
US-China tariff war casting clouds over global trade, says Taiwan trade chief
The US-China trade war has cast clouds over global trade, and Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) will take it seriously and adopt necessary countermeasures, according to JN Yang,...
Wednesday 9 January 2019
2018 review and 2019 outlook: Mixed impacts of trade war on East Asia IC firms
The huge annual trade deficit of up to US$375 billion is definitely a major reason for the US to raise tariffs on goods imported from China, but the trade war seems to be more of...
Monday 24 December 2018
2018 review and 2019 outlook: How Taiwan ICT industry can regain ground
The US-China trade war, a key threat to the global economy in 2018, will continue to play a pivotal role in 2019. But what does it mean to the world's biggest manufacturer and market,...
Friday 21 December 2018
Taiwan PCB makers reluctant to relocate production to India
India has taken tariff means to drive vendors of smartphones and other electronics devices as well as their supply chain partners to set up manufacturing operations in the country,...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
PV makers disappointed by Taiwan proposed FIT cuts
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has set tentative feed-in tariffs (FIT) for renewable energy for 2019, with major cuts for PV power generation. The reduced rates are...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
US tech control to have more impact on China than tariffs
The trade war between the world's two economic giants has lasted over a year since the US Trade Representative Office initiated in August 2017 a Section 301 investigation into imports...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
Taiwan ODMs continue moving production out of China despite trade-war truce
Though the US and China have agreed a 90-day suspension on new tariffs, Taiwan-based ODMs are still being pushed by their brand clients to establish production capacity outside of...
Friday 30 November 2018
Taiwan sets tentative 2019 feed-in tariffs for renewable energy
Taiwan's Bureau of Energy under Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has set tentative feed-in tariff rates for renewable energy in 2019, with PV and wind power seeing reductions by...
Thursday 29 November 2018
Southeast Asia cannot replace China in manufacturing, says Pegatron chairman
It is unrealistic to think that Southeast Asia can completely replace China as the world's manufacturing hub, but an ecosystem of manufacturers spread across different countries will...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
IC distributor Edom cautious about 1H19
Edom Technology is cautious about the outlook for semiconductor demand in the first half of 2019, citing unclear visibility of orders for handsets and other consumer electronics de...
Tuesday 23 October 2018
Quanta to expand production facility in Taiwan, sources say
Quanta Computer is reportedly moving some of its server production from China back to the manufacturing facilities at its headquarters in Taiwan, and is looking to expand capacity...
Thursday 18 October 2018
Foxlink to move production lines from China to Myanmar and Taiwan, says paper
Taiwan-based connector maker Foxlink is shifting its manufacutring out of China, moving some production lines to Yangon, Myanmar and some back to Taiwan to minimize the impact of...
Wednesday 3 October 2018
Taiwan to enforce financial measures in response to US-China trade war
The government in Taiwan will take financial stabilization measures to help industries cushion the impact of the escalating US-China trade disputes, according to premier William La...
Wednesday 26 September 2018
Taiwan may see development of offshore wind farms completed ahead of schedule due to high feed-in tariff
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has selected seven enterprises to develop 11 offshore wind farms with total installation capacity to reach 3.836GW in the first phase...
Wednesday 26 September 2018
PCB sector sees little impact from US-China tariff war
The US has recently kicked off imposing additional tariffs on roughly US$200 billion of imports from China, promoting Taiwan major assemblers of electronics products to seriously...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research