Taiwan Trading Tech Training for Lower Tariffs

Officials are pitching Taiwan’s own economic blueprint, a so-called “Taiwan Model,” to win concessions from the US as trade talks between the two countries wrap up.



This “Taiwan Model” includes private sector-led investment, “one-stop” industrial clusters that recreate Taiwan’s industrial cluster model in the US, workforce training and government support. However, opposition lawmakers expressed concern over workforce training, saying it could lead to a “technology drain” and damage Taiwan’s lead in semiconductors.





Reporter: Chris Gorin

Videographers: Kris Ma, Joseph Wu

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