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Nikkei Asia
2 days ago
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
UK, Taiwan clinch investment and energy pacts as minister visits Taipei
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te meets Douglas Alexander, the U.K.'s minister of state for trade policy and economic security, in Taipei on June 30. (Wang Yu Ching/Office of the President of Taiwan) THOMPSON CHAU TAIPEI -- Britain's first ministerial visit to Taiwan under the current Labour government resulted in three pacts on investment, digital trade and energy, as the two sides moved to deepen economic ties amid uncertainties over China-linked supply chains. Douglas Alexander, the minister of state for trade policy and economic security, wrapped up a two-day trip to the island on Monday, which included a meeting with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te.
Nikkei Asia
7 days ago
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
'No alternative' to millions of drones for Taiwan defense: Auterion CEO
Ukrainian soldiers prepare a drone to fly over Russian positions in the Kharkiv region on May 11. Auterion has signed a partnership with Taiwan to supply drone software used in Ukraine. © Reuters THOMPSON CHAU TAIPEI -- The top executive of a U.S.-German defense tech company that has partnered with Taiwan said he sees a future in which Taipei's forces have millions of drones, urging the government to significantly expand domestic orders to help catalyze the industry's growth. "Taiwan will need a lot of drones, a lot of deterrents. Our ambition with Taiwan is to operate on a scale of hundreds of thousands to millions," Auterion CEO Lorenz Meier said in an interview with Nikkei Asia.
