Taiwan’s metals, plastics, and chemicals manufacturers will need to adapt to new international policy measures to secure price competitiveness in key export markets. When the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) comes into full force in three years, it will have a heavy impact on the cost structure for many exporters to the EU.  …

Businesses are leveraging “green messaging” to attract customers, recruit young talent, and meet international sustainability demands.  Reflecting a trend that has spread to most parts of the world, products and services sold in Taiwan are increasingly being marketed as environmentally friendly. But claims around sustainability – or “green claims” – can be misleading and sometimes…

While the U.S. remains crucial for startup founders’ inspiration and early-stage financing, Taiwan government support has given them a sound environment in the healthcare sphere.  Taiwan is a global leader in innovative information and communications technology, blessed with a skilled workforce, advanced R&D capabilities, a favorable regulatory environment, and strong intellectual property protection. Those attributes…

Long forced to send money back home through an inefficient and expensive gray-market system, migrant workers in Taiwan now have access to a growing number of convenient, secure mobile app-based remittance services enabled by recent regulatory changes. For many years, Taiwan’s financial sector paid little attention to the more than 700,000 migrant workers from Indonesia,…