Trump, Taiwan

Trump tariffs on chips and drugs would hit U.S. allies in Asia
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on imported computer chips, pharmaceuticals and steel, he said on Monday, to push companies to manufacture more in the United States.
Taiwan says it may help industrial sector after Trump threatens tariffs on chips, semiconductors
Taiwan’s government will soon look at whether it needs to help its domestic industry over threats by President Donald Trump to put tariffs on semiconductors, Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Wednesday.
Taiwan could help industry after Trump warns of chip tariffs
Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump warned he will soon place tariffs on overseas-made semiconductor chips. Originally published on doc.afp.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.
Trump’s threatened tariffs on imported chips likely wouldn’t affect Apple devices
Some are suggesting that this would affect the price of everything Apple makes, as its chips are made in Taiwan, but that’s almost certainly not the case … The Register reports that Trump threatened to set the rate as high as 100%.
Trump’s 100% tariff threat on Taiwan chips raises cost, supply chain fears
While the tariffs aim to boost domestic manufacturing, they are unlikely to divert production from Asia immediately.
Trump plans to impose up to 100% tariffs on foreign-made chips
President Donald Trump has stated that he plans to impose tariffs as high as 100% on semiconductors made outside the U.S. Trump previewed the plan Monday afternoon during a GOP event in his Doral, Florida,

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Trump’s halt to foreign aid rattles humanitarian groups across Asia and their US partners
Conflict tracking in Myanmar. Investigations of Chinese human trafficking. Refugee healthcare in Thailand. Strengthening ...
Trump 2.0 is going well for China so far. But can the honeymoon last?
Donald Trump’s second term in office is getting off to a good start for China.
Refugees accepted by US stuck in Australia under Trump freeze, says official
Dozens of refugees who arrived in Australia by boat a decade ago and expected to resettle in the United States have been affected by the Trump Administration's freeze on refugee programs, an ...
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Trump blames 'diversity' for deadly Washington airliner collision
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump - speaking as the bodies of 67 people were being pulled from Washington's Potomac River - launched an extraordinary political attack ...
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Asia sends top officials to Trump inauguration amid concern over trade, security
Senior representatives of the world’s second and third largest economies are attending Monday’s presidential inauguration of ...
Trump’s happy to play the ‘madman’ to restore global order. But will it work?
Trump has repeatedly and explicitly said he wants to use the perception he is unpredictable, and even unhinged, to boost ...
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Securing and economising the US–Japan partnership under Trump 2.0
As Donald Trump re-enters the presidential office, the durability of these efforts will be tested, with his administration ...
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Donald Trump’s Mexico tariffs would shift plants to Asia, warns car parts maker
Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico would amount to the US “strangling” itself and are likely to force production to shift to south-east Asia, the head of one of the world’s largest ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will skip Trump’s inauguration, sending a special representative in his place
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, but he is sending Vice President ...
As Big Tech CEOs plan to attend Trump's inauguration, Jensen Huang is celebrating Lunar New Year in Asia with employees and tech leaders
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Huang said he will be celebrating Lunar New Year with employees.
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Trump 2.0: A different, emboldened whirlwind first week in office, say analysts
Backed by loyalists and tech billionaires, Donald Trump swept into office with a blizzard of executive orders to reshape ...