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Taiwan’s economy grows 8.6% in 2025, fastest rate in 15 years, turbocharged by the AI boom
Taiwan's 8.6% growth in 2025, the fastest in 15 years, was driven by a 78% surge in US shipments and a 35% rise in technology exports, officials said.
- Advanced estimates show Taiwan's economy expanded at an 8.6% annual rate last year, the fastest pace in 15 years, beating economists' forecasts, Taiwan's statistics agency reported on Friday.
- Amid an AI frenzy, export-focused industries boosted manufacturing, lifting exports nearly 35% and shipments to the U.S. surged 78% last year with AI servers, computer chips and precision instruments.
- Major firms ramped production as TSMC, the world's biggest contract chipmaker, counts Nvidia as a key client and Foxconn, electronics giant, makes AI servers for Nvidia and assembles products for Apple, boosting profits last year.
- Deutsche Bank estimates Taiwan's economy will grow 4.8% in 2026, and Bank of America economists Xiaoqing Pi and Helen Qiao wrote AI demand will support exports that year.
- Amid the gains, analysts warn the AI boom may be a bubble given Taiwan's tech export reliance, while uncertainty over U.S. tariffs under President Donald Trump and China's late December drills raise geopolitical risks.
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Taiwan’s economy grows 8.6% in 2025, fastest rate in 15 years, turbocharged by the AI boom
Taiwan’s economy expanded at an 8.6 per cent annual rate last year, the fastest pace in 15 years, as its export-focused industries were buoyed by the frenzy over artificial intelligence and a surge of shipments to the U.S.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution54% Left
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