Yian Lee

6 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Yian Lee |James Mayger

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6 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Yian Lee |James Mayger

Taiwan’s exports climbed to a record in the year through April, driven by a rush to ship goods ahead of US tariffs and continued strong demand for the island’s tech products. Overseas shipments rose 30% in April from a year earlier to almost $49 billion, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement Thursday. That compares with the 16% increase forecast by economists surveyed by Bloomberg, pushing total exports for the first four months of the year to $178 billion — the highest ever for the period.

6 days ago | bloomberg.com | Yian Lee |James Mayger

Taiwan’s economy has been buoyed by a global boom in AI, fueling demand for high-end tech products. (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s exports climbed to a record in the year through April, driven by a rush to ship goods ahead of US tariffs and continued strong demand for the island’s tech products. Overseas shipments rose 30% in April from a year earlier to almost $49 billion, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement Thursday.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Yian Lee

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te warned that Taiwan and Europe are under threat from new totalitarian powers in a speech aimed at underscoring Taipei’s alignment with the West amid growing threats from China.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Yian Lee |Chien-Hua Wan

The logo of the Taiwan Central Bank at its headquarters building in Taipei, Taiwan. Photographer: I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s central bank governor dismissed the possibility of being labeled a currency manipulator by the US Treasury. “I’m confident that Taiwan will not be labeled as a currency manipulator,” Yang Chin-long, governor of Taiwan’s central bank, said when reporting to lawmakers on Thursday.