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Friday 13 February 2026

Taiwan, UK space supply chains forge closer ties

The Taiwan-UK space supply chain collaboration has taken a significant step forward. Following the September 2025 signing of a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the...

Friday 13 February 2026

Industry groups urge rapid review to safeguard Taiwan-US reciprocal trade agreement

Taiwan and the US finalized the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) on February 13, establishing a mutual 15% tariff rate and commitments on food security and defense resilience, while...

Friday 13 February 2026

Taiwan-US trade pact aims to secure supply chains and tariff parity

On February 12, Taiwan and the US officially signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) in Washington, D.C. The US side's tariff reductions for Taiwan will take effect upon completion...

Friday 13 February 2026

Taiwan to lift US vehicle import limits, raising safety inspection debate

Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said it will remove longstanding import quantity limits on US-spec vehicles, a move officials frame as aligning trade...

Friday 13 February 2026

Transformer exports and domestic infrastructure boost Taiwan's heavy electrical sector in early 2026

Taiwan's heavy electrical industry kicked off 2026 with strong performance, driven by robust orders from Taiwan Power Company's (Taipower) grid resilience projects, and sustained demand...

Friday 13 February 2026

Commentary: Stellantis pause on ACC gigafactories clouds EU plans for manufacturing sovereignty and risks thousands of jobs

The European Commission plans to unveil its "localization ratio" policy by late February 2026 to shape Europe's manufacturing sovereignty. Yet Stellantis's abrupt halt to construction...

Friday 13 February 2026

SEMICON Korea: Samsung pushes hybrid bonding HBM, SK Hynix bets on platform AI

SEMICON Korea 2026, held in Seoul from February 11–13, brought senior executives from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to outline their AI-era memory R&D strategies. Samsung...

Friday 13 February 2026

Taiwan ICT and medical device sectors join forces to transform home healthcare

As global efforts accelerate the development of home healthcare in a bid to alleviate resource pressures on frontline medical institutions, home care is set to become a core component...

Friday 13 February 2026

Shield AI brings US Hivemind platform to power Taiwan’s drone swarm ambitions

Shield AI recently announced another contract with the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology (NCSIST). The two parties will jointly promote the research, validation,...

Friday 13 February 2026

Commentary: NSTC chief’s reform remarks ignite debate over Taiwan’s research metrics

Minister of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Cheng-wen Wu has recently sparked a firestorm across Taiwan's academic community. His blunt critique of long-standing...

Friday 13 February 2026

Samsung said to gain 8nm orders in Europe as 2nm plan advances

Samsung Electronics is said to be expanding its 8nm foundry customer base into Europe following earlier contract wins in the US and Ja...

Friday 13 February 2026

A tariff truce with teeth: US–Taiwan pact shields chips from Section 232 shocks

US Ambassador Jamieson Greer oversaw the signing of a comprehensive Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between the US and Taiwan on February 12, 2026. The agreement, reached under the auspices...

Friday 13 February 2026

E-glass capacity cuts trigger production shifts for Taiwan CCL makers

The global AI data center boom is straining not only high-end computing chips but also adjacent industries such as memory and upstream glass fiber cloth, where significant capacity...

Friday 13 February 2026

Why Singapore is drawing Taiwanese tech firms and SMEs

As geopolitical dynamics shift, Singapore has emerged as a focal point for Taiwanese and international investment, underpinned by its...

Friday 13 February 2026

Taiwan launches first space accelerator as global investment climbs

Global investment in the space industry climbed to US$12.4 billion in 2025, surpassing the previous peak of US$10.9 billion set in 2021,...

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