New US Tariffs for Taiwan, Other Countries – July 24, 2026
The Trump administration launches a new raft of trade tariffs on more than 80 countries, including Taiwan. Taiwan will host an airsoft shooting competition in a move to bolster the country's whole-of-society defense campaign. Officials in Japan announce the country's first "cruelly hot" days as severe heat waves become a regular fixture of summer. Plus: - Young people in Tainan remember a victim of Taiwan's martial law period who was wrongly executed. - Taiwan's outlying Orchid Island celebrates the Ocean Cup, an annual Indigenous canoe race. - Taiwan says it will continue deepening ties with the Czech Republic after a Czech official said there would be no future official visits to Taiwan following meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing.
