Taiwan This Week · ICRT

Tariff tremors

·48 min·4 clips
Taiwan's stock market plunged 9.7% in a single day, triggering emergency government stabilization measures.
This episode analyzes the impact of US tariffs on Taiwan, covering stock market crashes, government interventions, and trade negotiations. It also explores related topics like labor pensions, cross-strait tensions, and local issues such as MRT cleaner rights and traffic safety in Shaoliuqiu.

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A Taiwan-first tariff briefing that treats trade pain as policy, not spectacle.

Taiwan This Week uses the tariff shock to frame Taiwan's trade and industrial position, and it works best when it gets practical: how Lai Ching-de responds, what the negotiation team is meant to do, and where the economy looks exposed.

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You want the Taiwan tariff fight explained without the usual theater.

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