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America and Taiwan strike tariff deal; Machado’s “great” meeting with Trump, and more
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America agreed to cap tariffs on Taiwanese imports at 15% in exchange for the island’s chipmakers (including the world’s largest, TSMC) investing $500bn in their American operations.
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