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The United States is set to reduce tariffs on Taiwanese goods to 15 percent under a new deal, which will also see an investment boost from Taiwanese firms, the Commerce Department says

World

US says reached deal with Taiwan to lower tariffs, boost investments

The United States said Thursday that it has signed a deal with Taiwan to reduce tariffs on goods from the democratic island, while increasing...

AFP13 hours ago

TSMC is the world's biggest contract maker of chips

Business

Taiwan’s TSMC logs net profit jump on AI boom

Taiwanese chipmaking titan TSMC announced Thursday a forecast-busting net profit for the fourth quarter in a sign of sustained global demand for AI technology....

AFP1 day ago

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has advocated for selling some advanced chips in China, arguing global AI systems should be built on US technology

Business

US allows Nvidia to send advanced AI chips to China with restrictions

The change would permit Nvidia to sell its powerful H200 chip to Chinese buyers if certain conditions are met.

AFP2 days ago

An Uber robotaxi born of a collaboration with Lucid, Nuro, and Nvidia is being tested on roads in San Francisco, with the ride-share service hoping to have regulatory clearance to use them on its platform later this year

Business

Uber shows off its robotaxi heading for San Francisco

Uber on Monday unveiled a custom robotaxi it is adding to its global ride-share platform, starting on the San Francisco home turf it shares...

AFPJanuary 5, 2026

Only a few companies are able to produce 2-nanometre chips, including Taiwan's TSMC, which dominates the industry

Tech & Science

Tiny tech, big AI power: what are 2-nanometre chips?

Taiwan’s world-leading microchip manufacturer TSMC says it has started mass producing next-generation “2-nanometre” chips. AFP looks at what that means, and why it’s important:...

AFPDecember 30, 2025

A worker walks past the 2-nanometer fabrication plant of TSMC at Nanzih Technology Industrial Park in Kaohsiung on December 23, 2025

Business

TSMC says started mass production of ‘most advanced’ 2nm chips

Taiwanese tech titan TSMC has started mass producing its cutting-edge 2-nanometre semiconductor chips, the company said in a statement seen by AFP on Wednesday....

AFPDecember 30, 2025

US trade officials accuse Beijing of using unfair tactics to dominate the industry for semiconductors, like those made at this factory in Binzhou, in eastern China's Shandong province

Business

US slams China policies on chips but will delay tariffs to 2027

US trade officials determined that China should be punished for employing unfair tactics to dominate the semiconductor industry, but will wait 18 months to...

AFPDecember 23, 2025

Taiwan makes more than half of the world's chips, and nearly all of the most advanced ones

Business

Taiwan to keep production of ‘most advanced’ chips at home: deputy FM

Taiwan plans to keep making the “most advanced” chips on home soil and remain “indispensable” to the global semiconductor industry, the deputy foreign minister...

AFPDecember 11, 2025