EZ News 05/07/26

EZ News 05/07/26

From EZ News by ICRT News Team

May 7, 2026 · 6 min

About this episode

This episode covers the opening of the Tai-Ex, Taiwan's efforts in the drone supply chain, and a recognition given to Michael Fonte for his support of Taiwan-U.S. ties.

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened 121 points higher this morning at 41,259. Turnover reached $20.3 billion NT. On Wednesday, the market set more closing records. Tech stocks helped support the market after a rally (上漲) on Wall Street overnight. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing closed unchanged (持平). But investors bought other chip stocks (晶片股), which gave the market strong support. ---- MOFA says Taiwan is working with allies to build drone supply chain center The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Taiwan is working to become the Asia-Pacific center for the democratic drone (無人機) supply chain (供應鏈). The head of MOFA's Drone Diplomacy Task Force, Chiang Zhen-wei, made the statement at the Taiwanese-German Aerospace Conference in Taipei. Chiang said Taiwan plays an important role in the global "non-red" drone supply chain because of its strong manufacturing abilities. He said the task force is using Taiwan's experience in "chip diplomacy" to help develop the drone industry. He added that drones could become an important part of Taiwan's national defense (國防). At the same time, Taiwan is working with allies and like-minded…

People in this episode

Host: ICRT News Team

Topics covered

  • Taiwan stock market
  • drone supply chain
  • Taiwan-U.S. relations
  • chip diplomacy
  • national defense

Keywords

  • Tai-Ex
  • drone supply chain
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • Michael Fonte
  • Lai Ching-te

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DPP

Places: Taiwan, Asia-Pacific, Taipei

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