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Friday 24 May 2019
Samsung tablet business to benefit from US-China trade tensions, says Digitimes Research
Samsung Electronics is expected to benefit from the US placing a 25% tariff on tablets imported from China as almost all of the Korea-based vendor's tablet manufacturing is done at...
Friday 17 May 2019
HannStar Board braces for impact from US tariffs against China
Taiwan PCB maker HannStar Board sees little impact from the US hiking tariffs from 10% to 25% on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports starting May 10, but may face significant...
Thursday 16 May 2019
DIY market may shrink further due to US-China trade tensions
Motherboard makers have experienced sluggish demand coming from the PC DIY market, which is likely to shrink further as the US-China trade dispute escalates, according to industry...
Thursday 16 May 2019
Latest tariff hikes to have small impacts on US-bound motherboards, graphics cards shipments
The latest tariff hikes by the US on Chinese goods from 10% to 25% will not have significant impacts on Taiwan's US-bound shipments of motherboards and graphics cards, according to...
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Support from supply chain hub needed for moving production out of China, says Quanta chairman
Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam, commenting on the US government's announcement of extending the 25% tariff to notebooks and smartphones imported from China, has pointed out that...
Wednesday 15 May 2019
PC vendors looking to raise prices in US, says paper
With the US having raised tariffs on China-imported products from 10% to 25%, some PC brand vendors including Asustek Computer are considering increasing product prices in the US...
Tuesday 14 May 2019
China-made LED lighting prices to rise 5-8% in US due to tariff hike
As the US has hiked punitive tariffs on China-made products from 10% originally to 25%, retail prices in the US market for China-made LED lighting products are estimated to rise 5-8%,...
Tuesday 14 May 2019
GlobalWafers says revenue growth forecast remains unchanged
GlobalWafers expects the US tariff increase on Chinese goods to have an insignificant impact on its performance this year, as the silicon wafer supplier will enjoy another year of...
Monday 13 May 2019
Taiwan memory module firms moving production away from China
Several Taiwan-based memory module makers have moved to urgently reshuffle the production lines between their local and China-based manufacturing to avoid the 25% of tariffs on US$200...
Tuesday 7 May 2019
US tariff hikes on China imports seen as long-term boon for Taiwan machinery makers
The surprise announcement twitted recently by US president Donald Trump to raise tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports from the existing 10% to 25% starting May 10 will...
Friday 22 February 2019
Wiwynn expects slow cloud computing market in 2019, but fast growth to resume in 2020
After experiencing a rapidly growing 2018, the cloud computing market is expected to slow down in 2019 for some correction before fast growth resumes in 2020, according to Wiwynn...
Thursday 31 January 2019
Taiwan finalizes 2019 FIT for renewable energy
The Bureau of Energy has announced final feed-in tariffs (FIT) for renewable energy in 2019, with the rate for offshore wind power generation reduced from 2018 by 5.71%, which is...
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,...