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Friday 15 August 2025
Taiwan gains competitive edge as China faces steep US tariffs
On July 31, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to adjust reciprocal tariff rates, setting the provisional tariff for Taiwan at 20%, effective from August 7,...
Thursday 14 August 2025
Tariff fears ease for Taiwan’s ICT leaders, but legacy industries risk harder hit

Rock Hsu, President of Kinpo Group and recipient of the Venture Capital Lifetime Achievement award, made a rare joint appearance on August...

Thursday 14 August 2025
Taiwan tech supplier enters defense sector via counter-drone systems
Taiwanese electrical parts manufacturer Cub Elecparts announced on August 11 that it will partner with an international defense technology company to officially enter the counter-drone...
Thursday 14 August 2025
Commentary: Trump's trillion-dollar shakedown and how tariff threats turned into investment windfalls
Following South Korea's shocking announcement to invest US$350 billion in the US, with 90% of the profits staying in the US, Nvidia and AMD reportedly have agreed to pay 15% of their...
Thursday 14 August 2025
Japan, US to launch talks on US$550B investment projects following tariff deal
Japan and the US are moving to set up a joint forum to advance US$550 billion (around JPY80 trillion) worth of Japanese investment and loan projects in the US, following their July...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Taiwan, US eye closer trade ties in ongoing tariff negotiations
Taiwan's lead negotiator and vice premier of the Executive Yuan Li-chiun Cheng held a press conference on August 11, 2025, during which she stated that since the US aims to become...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
China orders Alibaba, ByteDance to stop buying Nvidia H20 chips as tech tensions escalate
China's growing mistrust of Nvidia's H20 GPU is spilling into open confrontation, with regulators ordering leading internet firms, including Alibaba and ByteDance, to suspend orders...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Trump’s 15% Nvidia chip levy hints at new trade game
US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 15% revenue levy on Nvidia Corporation's downgraded AI chips, such as the H20 model, sold to China, has ignited intense reactions...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
How drone makers dodge export rules to fuel military demand
As geopolitical tensions flare, demand for attack drones is soaring. But exporting armed unmanned aerial vehicles is often mired in strict government reviews, stretching delivery...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Inside Beijing's quiet campaign to sideline Nvidia's H20 AI chips

China has told domestic companies to steer clear of Nvidia's H20 processors, particularly for government and national security projects,...

Tuesday 12 August 2025
US tariffs hit Coretronic's projector business; supply chain and government orders affected
Coretronic faced a suspension in shipments of its projectors to the US in April 2025 due to tariff impacts, though a gradual resumption began in May. The second quarter of 2025, typically...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
H20 chip export resumes with 15% revenue remittance condition; industry fears ban is imminent
Despite positive news that Nvidia and AMD's H20 and MI308 chips have received official approval from the US government to resume exports to China, this permission comes with an unprecedented...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Could US chip export tariffs be new tool against China?
US President Donald Trump confirmed that Nvidia and AMD will pay 15% of their AI chip sales revenue in China to the US government under a rare deal tied to export licenses. This move...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Trump floats weakened Blackwell export to China in return for US revenue share
US President Donald Trump signaled on Monday that he'd be open to allowing Nvidia Corp. to sell a scaled-back version of its most advanced AI chip to China.
Monday 11 August 2025
South Korea accelerates AI data center expansion amid global compute race
With the rapid development of the global AI industry, demand for high-performance computing and GPU resources continues to rise, and the global AI data center market is expanding...