PRIORITIZING TAIWAN: An economist said that he believed the government chose not to make too many concessions for now to protect the nation’s interests
The 20 percent tariff the US imposed on Taiwanese exports is “not the worst,” as securing a lower rate would have required Taiwan to pay a steep price, Tunghai University economist Darson Chiu (邱達生) said yesterday.The tariff was higher than expected and far from ideal, but not the worst outcome, as
The Ministry of Agriculture and domestic importers agreed to increase purchases of US grains and meat to US$10 billion over the next four years, sources with knowledge of the matter said yesterday.US President Donald Trump on Thursday set a 20 percent tariff on Taiwanese products except semiconducto
CHINA TILT? Some US congressional members have expressed concern that Donald Trump is de-emphasizing security issues as he works on a trade deal with Beijing
US Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, is to lead a congressional delegation to Taiwan this month, a senior congressional official said on Thursday.The trip, which was first reported by the Financial Times, is to take place as some members of the US Congress
The Health Promotion Administration (HPA) stands by its “no smoking is best” stance, but recognizes the reality that people will smoke, former HPA director-general Wu Chao-chun (吳昭軍) said in an interview published yesterday, a day after he retired from the position.Wu made the comments in an intervi
DEADLOCK: The Executive Yuan in May announced that it would cut subsidies to local governments after the opposition-controlled legislature slashed the general budget
The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed a motion urging the Executive Yuan to undo its 25 percent cut to local government subsidies.The legislature passed the motion 57 in favor, 48 against, with one abstention, as the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) overcame
The Ministry of Environment on Monday honored 91 exemplary private companies and organizations for promoting green procurement and sustainable operations. The awardees included five companies that have kept their “green mark” for 20 consecutive years, 36 hotels that obtained gold or silver-level gre
The Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency on Tuesday unveiled a Web site to combat illegal logging, encouraging the public to take part in forest protection.Data from the agency showed that reported illegal logging incidents decreased to 58 cases last year from 290 in 2013.The agency amended the F
The mother of Kai Kai (剴剴), a one-year-old boy who died from abuse in foster care in late 2023, has been arrested and detained in connection with a separate criminal case dating back to a 2021 assault.Liu (劉), 29, was arrested on Thursday morning in Taichung’s Shalu District (沙鹿) and taken to the Ne
The Pingtung District Court yesterday approved the detention of the head of an e- commerce company in Pingtung County in a case in which he allegedly helped a Chinese social media influencer procure documents to enter Taiwan under false pretenses.In filing a motion to detain the man, identified on
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a southwestern extension of the Sanying MRT Line from New Taipei to Bade District (八德) in Taoyuan, with a goal of starting construction by late 2026.The 4.03-kilometer extension, featuring three new stations, will run from the current terminus at Yingtao Fude
Members of the Federation of Taiwan Pharmacists Associations have their heads shaved in front of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday to signify that they would rather lose their hair than bow to what they called the “illegal actions” of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The members were prote
The Legislative Yuan today passed a motion urging the Executive Yuan to undo its 25-percent cut to local government subsidies.The legislature passed the motion with 57 in favor, 48 against and one abstention, as the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) overcame
The US Senate Committee on Appropriations yesterday preliminarily passed a bill that would authorize US President Donald Trump to use US$1 billion to support Taiwan’s military defenses. The US$852-billion bill would primarily expand the US Navy’s shipbuilding and missile production. Democratic Senat
“China is preparing to invade Taiwan,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois Wu (吳志中) said in an exclusive interview with British media channel Sky News for a special report titled, “Is Taiwan ready for a Chinese invasion?” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today in a statement. The 25-minu
The Ministry of the Environment’s Environmental Management Administration yesterday confirmed it is set to destroy about 8,000kg of mercury-contaminated rice and identify the source of the contamination. This comes after the Taipei Times’ sister paper, the Chinese-language Liberty Times first repor
President William Lai (賴清德) called the 20-percent tariff announced just hours earlier by Washington on most Taiwanese imports “progress in a phased manner” in a news conference in Taipei this morning.However, the 20-percent tariff was not a target pursued by Taiwan from the beginning, he said, expre
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) today called the newly announced 20-percent US tariff rate a "significant defeat" for Taiwan.The 20-percent tariff rate imposed on Taiwanese exports to the US announced yesterday plus 12-percent exchange rate losses pose a significant threat to
Kisunla, a newly approved Alzheimer's drug in Taiwan, would not be covered by the National Health Insurance (NHI) system, while coverage for Leqembi, another Alzheimer's treatment approved this year, is still under review, a health official overseeing the NHI system said yesterday.Kisunla has alread
Taiwan and the US agreed to continue their cooperation to tackle illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing during an annual consultation between the two sides in Taipei earlier this week, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement yesterday.The consultation took place at the Ministry of Agric
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