TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te met tech executives on Saturday to discuss how to respond to new U.S. tariffs, promising to ensure Taiwan's global competitiveness and safeguard the island's interests. President Donald Trump announced across-the-board import tariffs on Wednesday with much higher duties for dozens of trading partners, including Taiwan, which runs a large trade surplus with the...

* Q1 revenue surges 24.2% y/y to $49.5 billion * Foxconn says it must carefully monitor global political conditions * Taiwan company a major Apple ( AAPL ), Nvidia ( NVDA ) supplier * Foxconn has large manufacturing footprint in China (Recasts, updates throughout) TAIPEI, April 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, posted its highest...

(Reuters) -Intel ( INTC ) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co ( TSM ) have recently discussed a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture to operate the U.S. chipmaker's factories, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people involved in the discussions. TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, will take a 20% stake in the new company, the report said....

TAIPEI, April 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te met tech executives on Saturday to discuss how to respond to new U.S. tariffs, promising to ensure Taiwan's global competitiveness and safeguard the island's interests. President Donald Trump announced across-the-board import tariffs on Wednesday with much higher duties for dozens of trading partners, including Taiwan, which runs a large trade surplus...