AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoDefense & Drones: Taiwan’s parliament passed a NT$240B ($7.5B) unmanned-systems bill, pushing defense procurement toward domestically made aerial, maritime and ground drones, with annual funding and requirements for production criteria, testing sites and an industry coordination committee. Semiconductors & AI Infrastructure: TSMC boosted Q2 employee bonuses by over 50% year-on-year after record profits, while SEMICON Taiwan opens with a bigger AI infrastructure focus, spotlighting silicon photonics and co-packaged optics for faster rack-to-rack links. Energy & Industry Stability: CPC and Formosa Petrochemical kept gasoline and diesel prices steady for a fifth straight week, absorbing losses from lower pass-through of higher Middle East-linked crude costs. Transport & Urban Development: Taipei’s Guangci/Fengtian Temple MRT station opened after tough shallow-soil construction, easing congestion and adding direct Red Line access to key business and hospital areas. Ports & Resilience: TIPC set up an operations command center at Kaohsiung Port’s cruise terminal to monitor commercial ports in real time and improve disaster response, supported by an intelligent solar-plus-storage microgrid. Regional Diplomacy: Taiwan’s foreign minister advanced Palau projects (EV buses and solar) ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum, as China criticized Taiwan’s participation and tried to frame the island as “unsafe” for tourists.
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