Volatility in global markets sent shares in Taiwan sharply lower yesterday after foreign institutional (外資法人) aggressively sold their holdings throughout the session, dealers said.
Selling was seen across the board, but hit the electronics sector particularly hard. In that sector, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC,台積電), the most heavily weighted stock in the local market, , while stocks in Apple Inc’s supply chain faced heavy downward pressure as the US consumer electronics giant reported iPhone sales, dealers said.
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA,外貿協會) said that to boost the nation’s external trade it plans to focus on emerging markets this year because they are the main drivers of the global economy. Southeast and South Asian nations will be given high priority, the government-backed trade body said in a statement. (由政府所支持的貿易組織—外貿協會—表示，為了增進台灣的外部貿易，今年外貿協會將計畫專注於興新市場，因為新興市場是世界經濟的主要推手，而東南亞國家將列優先合作之對象。)
Manufacturing activitylast month for the 10thmonth, with the official purchasing managers’ index (PMI)to its highest level since June, according to a report released by the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research yesterday.
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Lawmakers are eager to punish Kaohsiung-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering for its dumping of toxic wastewater and want to cancel tax benefits the company received. Economics Minister, Chang Chia-juch, claimed, “Our position is if a company has a poor record, it would make future applications for such incentives difficult to pass. The company could also forfeit incentives.”
首先我們來看下列這一句話：NGOs have announced protests against the closed-door negotiations used to craft the cross strait trade-in services pact (agreement) Taiwan signed with China. (公民團體宣示將發動一連串反黑箱兩岸服貿協定的抗議活動。)
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