For the first time ever, Taiwan indicts a Chinese ship captain for deliberately damaging the country’s undersea cables. TaiwanPlus looks at the ongoing fallout of U.S. President Trump’s huge flip-flop on tariffs, which continues to shake up global markets. And a bookstore in New Taipei beloved by Taiwan’s Southeast Asian community is closing its doors after a decade. Plus:
- Taiwan’s premier asks the legislature to support the government's plans for alleviating Trump’s proposed tariffs.
-Asian stocks continued to fluctuate on Friday, with Taiwan’s Taiex up by almost 3% but Japan’s Nikkei down 3%.
- Industry leaders and local politicians from Taiwan’s tech hubs call on the government to do more to protect them from U.S. tariffs.