Confirmation hearings for Elbridge Colby, the Trump administration’s nominee for undersecretary of defense, are underway. The confirmation hearings have attracted a great deal of attention due to Colby’s past views on Taiwan...
Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC announced today that it intends to invest 100 billion USD in the US over the next four years. TSMC’s plans for investment were announced jointly by the company and US president Donald Trump, who suggested that TSMC could avoid the tariffs he has threatened to impose on Taiwanese semiconductors with the deal, though it is unclear how that would work out as an investment framework...
The geopolitical effects of a testy exchange between US president Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House are already being felt worldwide...
An exchange in which Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was upbraided by US president Donald Trump and vice president JD Vance will likely be watched carefully in Taiwan. Zelensky was criticized for not being sufficiently thankful for US support and accused of starting the war...
With US president Donald Trump having threatened to hit Taiwan with tariffs over semiconductors, it is unclear how this ill-baked idea of Trump’s will continue...
In comments last month, US President Donald Trump hit out at Taiwan, once again accusing Taiwan of stealing the American semiconductor industry. This time around, however, Trump went on to state that he would place tariffs on Taiwan of up to 100%, with a focus on semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC...
Recent comments by US President-elect Donald Trump have called for the US to annex Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal. Trump has also suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” With Trump set to take office today, this already shows the instability that is potentially ahead for Taiwan with a second Trump presidency...
In the wake of the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, debates have broken out in Taiwan about how to ensure the strength of US-Taiwan ties. Most suggestions have been that Taiwan should increase the amount of money that it spends on defense in order to placate the US. Taiwan currently spends 2.5% of its GDP on defense, which is comparable to members of NATO...
While the US presidential election has yet to be formally called, results currently suggest that the winner will be former US president Donald Trump. As such, Taiwan will soon need to contend with the possibility of a second Trump presidency...
