TaiwanPlus News – News at 18:00, Aug. 7, 2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump announces new tariffs on semiconductors up to 100% -- with special exemptions. Taiwan begins televised debates on energy security ahead of a referendum vote in August that could restart nucelar power in the country. TaiwanPlus speaks with Tung Chen-yuan, the country's envoy to Singapore, ahead of the city-state's 60th national day. Also: - China and Russia begin joint maritime patrols in the Asia-Pacific. - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the Philippines would get involved in a Taiwan-Strait conflict. - Indonesian activists visit Taiwan to try to change corporate and environmental practices in the nickel mining industry.