What growth?: Taiwan's traditional manufacturers miss out on export boom

The island's growth has for decades been based on overseas shipments of a range of goods including machinery, metals and chemicals, mostly small and medium-sized manufacturers employing thousands of workers. But the past 12 months saw companies in those sectors dealt a body blow as their goods sold into the United States were loaded with 20 percent levies as part of President Donald Trump's global trade war, threatening people's jobs. One area that was exempted, however, was semiconductor chips...