Taiwan will introduce a $40-billion supplementary defence budget to underscore its determination to defend itself in the face of a rising threat from China, President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday. As Taiwan faces calls from Washington to spend more on its own defence, Lai said in Aug he hoped for a boost in defence spending […]
Taiwan’s opposition will keep its legislative majority in a blow to President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party, with voters overwhelmingly rejecting an attempt to recall 24 Kuomintang lawmakers.Voters in every targeted constituency rebuffed the recall effort, according to Central Election Commission data, with the KMT and its allies retaining their combined legislative majority. The DPP […]
TAIPEI: The Taiwanese president said Tuesday that trade tensions between the United States and Taiwan are just “frictions between friends” in a show of optimism as tariff negotiations are underway with Washington. US President Donald Trump imposed 32% tariffs on all imports from Taiwan as part of sweeping duties levied against all US trading partners […]
