The Tai-Ex rebounded from recent losing sessions this morning - opening up

181-points yesterday's close, at 22,778 on turnover of 8.9-billion N-T.

The market closed down by 0.7-per cent on Tuesday, but managed to recoup some

of its early losses, as investor sentiment remained cautious in the wake of

volatility on Wall Street overnight …

.. which was sparked by U-S President Donald Trump confirming that tariffs on

imports from Canada and Mexico would go into effect later in the day.

Premier Cho Jung-tai is voicing his support for Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing's new investment in the United States.

According to Cho, government sees T-S-M-C's expanded investment positively,

because it will boost Taiwan's competitive edge (競爭力) inthe global market,

and "making Taiwan stronger is the common stance of the government and

industry."

Cho says the government has long been encouraging domestic industries to

expand worldwide and is providing necessary assistance for such expansions.

The premier also says he hopes T-S-M-C's investments will continue to create

mutual benefits and a win-win situation with Taiwan's allies.

Cabinet spokeswoman Michelle Lee says the U-S has become the top destination

of Taiwanese investors, as local companies seek to extend their global reach

and the U-S accounted for 30-per cent of Taiwan's total overseas investment

last year.

Chinese Professional Baseball League President Tsai Chi-chang is vowing to

reflect on the reasons the national team was find 20,000 U-S dollars for

violating regulations during last month's World Baseball Classic qualifiers

at the Taipei Dome.

The team was fined by tournament organizes - Major League Baseball - for

violating a rule regarding the use of electronic devices.

The M-L-B says movers were found to have used their phones in an office where

equipment was stored - in violations of (違反) a rule banning players or team

staff member from using electronic devices in all areas considered to be part

of the competition.

Tsai is admitted that mistakes were made, but stressing that he wasn't in the

dugout during the qualifying games and that the C-P-B-L will accept the fine

in accordance with the rules.

A consortium of US investors has agreed to buy majority stakes in two ports

on the Panama canal from a Hong Kong-based company for nearly 20 billion

dollars.

The deal comes in the wake of allegations by the Trump administration that

Chinese influence (影響) over the waterway poses a security risk to the US.

Ira Spitzer reports.

Meanwhile…

China is keeping its economic growth target at “around 5%” for 2025 despite

a looming trade war with the United States and other headwinds (阻力，逆風).

Premier Li Qiang announced the target in a report presented at the opening

session of the National People's Congress today.

The report says a target of around 5% is well aligned with the country's mid-

and long-term development goals.

The IMF has projected that China’s economy will grow 4.6% this year, down

from 5% in 2024, according to Chinese government statistics.

That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.

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