Table of Content

Background of US and China trade conflict

Scenarios of the trade conflict and its impact on Taiwan’s ICT industry

Countermeasures of Taiwan’s ICT industry for the trade conflict

Suggestion and conclusion



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Background of US and China trade conflict, detailing goods subject to the first, second, third, and forth rounds of tariffs

Reasons behind the conflict and includes the direct and indirect impact analysis in the short-, mid-, and long-terms.

Analysis of the worst, the best, and most likely case scenarios in this trade war, touching on the development of China Standards 2035 and Korea-Japan dispute.

Countermeasures of Taiwan’s ICT industry amid the trade conflict, touching on status quo, current challenges, countermeasures, and possible long-term adjustments of Taiwan’s IT hardware vendors and network communication vendors such as Compal, Pegatron, Inventec, Quanta, Wistron, and Foxconn