
Taiwan stocks down after Trump comments on chips
by Martin Haffner Associate Editor TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s stock market fell Friday, driven by a drop in TSMC shares after US President Donald Trump accused Taiwan of taking the semiconductor industry from the US. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index or TAIEX closed down 246.8 points at 23,152.61. Turnover totaled NT$398.3 billion…