AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoCross-Strait Maritime Pressure: Taiwan’s legislature heard that China is using coast guard and government vessels to patrol around the island, with Taipei accusing Beijing of trying to treat the strait as its “internal waters” and wage cognitive warfare. Defense & Deterrence: US envoy Raymond Greene urged Taiwan to build a “hornet’s nest” of air, surface, and subsurface drones to deter conflict, as Taiwan weighs drone priorities amid political pushback. US-Taiwan Security Link: A US Army Pacific commander said major exercise timing is tied to when Beijing would be most likely to attempt an amphibious invasion of Taiwan, underscoring contingency planning. Health Policy Fight: Taiwan’s health minister said the government will consider limited relaxation of morning-after pill access after backlash over TFDA traceability proposals that could make timely access harder. Food Safety: TFDA recalled about 1,300 tonnes of soy-based cooking oil after benzopyrene exceeded legal limits. Tech & Investment: MOEA approved TSMC’s US$20 billion capital injection into its Arizona unit, while Taiwan’s economic minister said the US won’t match Taiwan’s chip production scale. EU-China Tensions With Taiwan in the Background: EU warned China’s new ethnic unity law could restrict minority rights beyond borders, while Beijing again pressed Taiwan’s DPP to drop “secessionist” platform language.
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