Sixteen Cabinet ministries and agencies have new heads in a reshuffle prompted by the failed legislative recall movement backed by the ruling party. Prospective car buyers in Taiwan are tapping the brakes as they bet that ongoing trade talks with the US could mean tariff-free American-made cars in the not too distant future. And TaiwanPlus visits Kinmen to explore repurposed military tunnels running underneath the island as Taiwan observes the anniversary of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. Plus:
- The US commerce department says it wants to combat steel dumping by implementing 11% duties on galvanized steel products from 10 countries, including Taiwan.
- Taiwan's National Development Council head says TSMC won't face huge impacts from US tariffs.
- The cleanup of three back-to-back typhoons has only grown harder due to toxic debris and diseases arising from stagnant floodwaters.