Manufacturing sector contracts for 9th straight month

At a time when trade tensions between the United States and China continue to affect global demand, Taiwan's export-oriented manufacturing sector remained in contraction mode in July, marking the ninth consecutive month of stagnation, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) said Friday

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