Taiwan’s President Faces Fresh Setback as Lawmakers Vote Down Judges
- Government steps up warnings about opposition’s law changes
- Ruling party pledges to challenge to one amendment in court
Lai Ching-te
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Taiwan’s government warned that its collaboration with global semiconductor companies could suffer if a controversial budget revamp proceeds, adding to its criticisms of broad legal changes sought by the opposition.
The changes to budget rules would hurt R&D collaboration with firms such as Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. because the government would be forced to cut subsidies, Chiou Chyou-huey, head of the Department of Industrial Technology, said Tuesday at a press briefing in Taipei.