Ben Blanchard

Tuesday 22 Apr 2025

19 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Taiwan short-selling curbs extended again amid tariff uncertaintyTaiwan's top financial regulator said on Saturday it would extend temporary curbs on the short-selling of shares to help ensure stock market stability, and did not give an end date for when the restrictions might be lifted.

By Emily Chan & Ben Blanchard / Reuters

19 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

China Focus

18 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

US will keep helping Taiwan in its self-defence, says senatorThe US will continue to assist Taiwan with its self-defence and wants to see peace across the Taiwan Strait without coercion or the threat of force, a visiting US senator told President Lai Ching-te on Friday.

By Angie Teo & Ben Blanchard / Reuters

18 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

China Focus

16 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

US senators visit Taiwan, will discuss trade amid tariff talksThree US senators are visiting Taiwan this week and will have talks with senior Taiwanese leaders to discuss issues including trade, the de facto US embassy in Taipei said on Wednesday, as Taipei pushes ahead with tariff talks with Washington.

By Ben Blanchard / Reuters

16 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

14 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Cambodia deports unknown number of Taiwanese to China on fraud charges, says TaiwanCambodia has deported an unknown number of Taiwanese citizens to China after they were arrested working in telecom fraud centres, the island's foreign ministry said on Monday, a move that comes ahead of China's President Xi Jinping visit to the country.

By Ben Blanchard / Reuters

14 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

12 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Taiwan extends short-selling curbs after US tariffs bring market turmoilTaiwan's top financial regulator said on Saturday it would extend temporary curbs on short-selling for another week to ensure market stability after US tariffs unleashed turmoil, adding that the restrictions had been helpful.

By Emily Chan & Ben Blanchard / Reuters

12 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Trade War

12 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Taiwan holds first tariff talks with USTaiwanese officials held their first tariff talks with US officials on Friday, with both sides looking forward to further discussions soon, the island's government said on Saturday.

By Ben Blanchard / Reuters

12 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

11 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

In a first, Taiwan charges Chinese ship captain with damaging undersea cablesTaiwan prosecutors on Friday for the first time charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island in February, after a rise in sea cable malfunctions alarmed Taiwan officials amid tensions with China.

By Yimou Lee & Ben Blanchard / Reuters

11 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Trade War

11 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Taiwan to be one of first to discuss tariffs with US, president saysTaiwan is to be included in the first batch of trading partners to hold talks with Washington, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, as his economy minister said the island could import over US$200 billion (RM886.15 billion) worth of US goods, much of it in energy.

By Jeanny Kao & Ben Blanchard / Reuters

11 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Trade War

10 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Taiwan could buy US$200 billion more from US, increase LNG imports as part of trade dealTaiwan state-backed bodies could over the next decade buy an extra US$200 billion from the US and bump up the percentage of LNG it gets from the county by one-third to help narrow the trade deficit, the economy minister said on Thursday.

By Ben Blanchard & Faith Hung / Reuters

10 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Tech

10 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

TSMC's first-quarter revenue surges 42%, slightly ahead of forecastsTSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said on Thursday that first-quarter revenue jumped 42%, slightly ahead of a market consensus, benefiting from the boom in artificial intelligence.

By Ben Blanchard & Wen-Yee Lee / Reuters

10 Apr 2025, 08:00 am

Petronas Chemicals says commercial ops at Pengerang site commenced in November 2024

Norges Bank emerges as substantial shareholder of Pentamaster

MGB, Scanwolf, DPS Resources, Petronas Chemicals, Alpha IVF, Pentamaster, Southern Steel

Intel, Oracle raise concerns over US tariffs with PM — Zafrul

1MDB legal adviser Wong & Partners played no role in controversial US$1b remittance, court told

In China’s backyard, steel buyer Vietnam is trying to stem a tide of cheap metal

Chinese foreign bond sales mark record share of EM total

Relief rebound for dollar as Trump cools rhetoric on Powell

Trump says he has no intention of firing Fed chief Powell

US futures, dollar rise on Trump’s Fed backtrack

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